Article Analysis Task

A central issue in the field currently is:  How should we conceive of instruction of the new literacies of online reading comprehension and communication? 

While no study has yet been completed to address this issue, attached are two studies related to this question.  Each comes from a different research tradition.  (One has been published and one is being reviewed.)  Each also comes from research journals with very different perceptions of what defines excellence in research.

Part I

Assume that you have been sent this article for review by the editors of Reading Research Quarterly. Provide a substantive review and a recommendation:  accept, potentially publishable, probably should be rejected, or reject.  Take no more than four pages for each review (10 pt. font, double spaced, 1 inch margins).  References are not included in this page limit.

View Lewis, C., & Fabos, B. (2005). Instant messaging, literacies, and social identities.  Reading Research Quarterly, 40, 470-501. 

Part II

Assume that you have been sent a study about online reading strategies for review by the editors of Reading Research Quarterly. Provide a substantive review and a recommendation:  accept, potentially publishable, probably should be rejected, or reject.  Take no more than four pages for each review (10 pt. font, double spaced, 1 inch margins).  References are not included in this page limit.

Part III

In four pages, write an abstract of a study you believe will address a central instructional issue in new literacies.  Assume the study is completed and present the results you would expect to find. Include the question, rationale, major independent and dependent measures (if solely quantitative), analytic scheme, results, and implications. Take no more than four pages for this abstract (10 pt. font, double spaced, 1 inch margins). References are not included in this page limit.

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