Assessing Adolescents' Communicative Self-Efficacy to Discuss Controversial Issues: Findings from a Randomized Study of the Word Generation Program

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Alex R.; Lawrence, Joshua F.; Snow, Catherine E.; Taylor, Karen S.
Titel	Assessing Adolescents' Communicative Self-Efficacy to Discuss Controversial Issues: Findings from a Randomized Study of the Word Generation Program
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Social Education, 44 (2016) 3, S.316-343 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-3104
DOI	10.1080/00933104.2016.1203852
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Communication Skills; Content Area Reading; Literacy Education; Language Arts; English; Social Studies; Science Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Intervention; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Statistical Analysis; Citizen Participation; Conflict Resolution; Problem Solving; Program Descriptions; Middle School Students; Classroom Communication; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Urban Schools; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Political Attitudes; Science and Society; Control Groups; Curriculum Development; Teaching Methods; Outcomes of Education; Metropolitan Areas; Likert Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kommunikationsstil; Sinnerfassendes Lesen; Sprachkultur; English language; Englisch; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Statistische Analyse; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Problemlösen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Klassengespräch; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ballungsraum; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Communicative self-efficacy serves as an important link between discussing controversial issues and civic engagement because confidence in one's discourse skills is important to managing conflicting perspectives and developing solutions to community-based problems. Freely available to schools, "Word Generation" is a cross-content literacy program that supports teachers in the four main content areas--ELA, social studies, science, and math--to embed learning of controversial issues through classroom discussions, subject-specific lessons, and writing. Middle school students (N = 5,870) from diverse backgrounds participated in a randomized study of the intervention that was conducted in 12 middle schools located in an urban school district. We analyzed survey data based on students' self-reported ratings on their communicative self-efficacy, as indicated by confidence to participate in discussions of 15 different controversial issues related to politics, society, and science. Paired sample t-tests indicate that treatment students reported higher communicative self-efficacy than control students on a set of topics immediately covered prior to testing, but not on the set of topics covered in the previous year. This study informs curriculum developers, policy makers, and educators to consider the importance of incorporating classroom discussions of controversial issues within a framework of subject-specific instruction. (As Provided).
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