Of Research Reviews and Practice Guides: Translating Rapidly Growing Research on Adolescent Literacy into Updated Practice Recommendations

Autor/in	Reynolds, Dan
Titel	Of Research Reviews and Practice Guides: Translating Rapidly Growing Research on Adolescent Literacy into Updated Practice Recommendations
Quelle	In: Reading Research Quarterly, 56 (2021) 3, S.401-414 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0553
DOI	10.1002/rrq.314
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adolescents; Literacy; Reading Research; Evidence; Research and Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Teaching Guides; Reading Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leseforschung; Evidenz; Forschung und Entwicklung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Lehrerhandbuch; Leseunterricht
Abstract	The demand for evidence-based instructional practices has driven a large supply of research on adolescent literacy. Documenting this supply, Baye, Inns, Lake, and Slavin's 2019 article in "Reading Research Quarterly" synthesized far more studies, with far more rigorous methodology, than had ever been collected before. What does this mean for practice? Inspired by this article, I investigated how this synthesis compared with the 2008 U.S. Institute of Education Sciences practice guide for adolescent literacy. I also include two contemporary documents for context: Herrera, Truckenmiller, and Foorman's (2016) review and the U.K. Education Endowment Foundation's 2019 practice guide for secondary schools. I first examine how these documents define "adolescent," "reading," and "evidence," and propose more inclusive definitions. I then compare their respective evidence bases, finding that the quality and quantity of evidence have dramatically changed. Only one of the 34 studies in the 2008 U.S. practice guide met Baye et al.'s inclusion criteria in 2019, and the average sample size in Baye et al.'s studies was 22 times as large as those in the 2008 U.S. practice guide. I also examine the potential implications for a new practice guide's instructional recommendations and comment on the expansion of research in technology, disciplinary literacy, and writing--topics scarcely covered in the 2008 U.S. practice guide but which have been extensively researched since then. Finally, I call for revision of the U.S. practice guide and the establishment of standing committees on adolescent literacy to help educators translate the latest research findings into updated practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01