{"product_id":"the-designs-of-academic-literacy-michael-newman-9780897898379","title":"The Designs of Academic Literacy: A Multiliteracies Examination of Academic Achievement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 in which students channel content from sources, such as texts and lectures, to assessments of various kinds. Students are then rewarded in the form of grades to the extent that the content they display matches the criteria the professor sets up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe students in this study had to determine which content would or would not match these criteria, which of six \u003ci\u003etypes of information\u003c\/i\u003e (facts, concepts, connections, processes, principles, or metainformation, e.g., rhetorical patterns) were desired and how best to supply them. To move content from source to target they used four \u003ci\u003eoperations.\u003c\/i\u003e These include exposure (making themselves conscious of the information), extraction (a process of selecting information), manipulation (changing or synthesizing information), and display (showing the information). Greater awareness of this Design led to greater success. Pedagogical implications of this model include establishing a more realistic curricula for academic literacy programs and educating professors to better match grading criteria with learning goals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0897898370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780897898379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.10w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael Newman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087045406975,"sku":"9780897898379","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b7a9131-8e6c-4075-914b-3597965d3cb3.jpg?v=1769097986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-designs-of-academic-literacy-michael-newman-9780897898379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}