Designs of Academic Literacy: A Multiliteracies Examination of Academic Achievement

by Michael Newman

This qualitative multi-case study of academic literacy is the first research to assume the premises of the Multiliteracies Project of the New London Group of literacy researchers. It takes a multimodal view of literacy, not limited to reading and writing, and sets about to uncover the Design (the flexible structuring of rules and principles) that students and teachers both follow and create in college courses. This Design takes the form of a game...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897898370
• ISBN13: 9780897898379
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"