Anne Britt
Associated IES Content
FY2017
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2022
FY2018
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2018
FY2019
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2019
FY2010 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2010 IES Research Peer Review Panel
Grant
Reading for Understanding Across Grades 6 through 12: Evidence-Based Argumentation for Disciplinary Learning
Project READI (Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction) defines reading for understanding in adolescence as the ability to engage in evidence-based argumentation across multiple texts and supports its learning in three disciplines: history, science, and English literature. Disciplinary literacy involves complex critical analysis processes as well as close attention to text. The research team proposes a model that captures these processes while attending to the psycho...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305F100007
FY2008 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2008 IES Research Peer Review Panel
FY2006 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2006 IES Peer Reviewers
Grant
Creating a Usable Environment to Teach Argument Comprehension and Production Skills
In earlier work, this research team found significant deficits in college students' ability to comprehend, evaluate, and produce arguments. Argumentation is a central component of social and personal decision-making, as well as a fundamental skill required by many postsecondary class assignments and by entrance exams to graduate-level education (e.g., SAT, LSAT, and GRE). However, many postsecondary students leave high school unable to comprehend or write arguments. The researchers' previous...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305H050133
Grant
Improving Students' Comprehension and Construction of Arguments
In this study, the researchers aimed to understand how undergraduate students identify, represent, and construct both simple and complex arguments.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305H020039
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