Securing a place for reading in composition: the importance of teaching for transfer

Includes bibliographical references and index.Securing a Place for Reading in Composition addresses the dissonance between the need to prepare students to read, not just write, complex texts and the lack of recent scholarship on reading-writing connections. Author Ellen C. Carillo argues that including attention-to-reading practices is crucial for developing more comprehensive literacy pedagogies. Students who can read actively and reflectively will be able to work successfully with the range of complex texts they will encounter throughout their post-secondary academic careers and beyond. Considering the role of reading within composition.1. Introduction -- 2. Reading in Contemporary First-Year Composition Classes -- 3. Historical Contexts -- 4. Reading in Composition Research and Teaching, 1980-1993 -- 5. Transfer of Learning Scholarship and Reading Instruction in First-Year Composition -- 6. Teaching Mindful Reading to Promote the Transfer of Reading Knowledge -- 7. Epilogue: A Changing Landscape; Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography -- Appendix B: Handouts from Professional Development Workshops on Integrating Attention to Reading into Courses across the Curriculum -- Appendix C: Supporting Materials from National Survey of First-Year Composition Instructors and Their Students

Teaching readers in post-truth America

Includes bibliographical references and index.Demonstrates how postsecondary teachers can engage the phenomenon of "post-truth," a concern in American discourse. Drawing on educational and cognitive psychology, human development, philosophy, and education, Carillo demonstrates foregrounding the practice of reading as an act of composing meaning and a strategy for navigating the current climate.--Provided by publisher.Theoretical first principles -- Cultivating empathic reading, readers, and researchers -- Modeling reading through annotation -- Moving forward

Hidden inequities in labor-based contract grading, The

Includes bibliographical references.Intervenes in labor-based grading practice by expanding the scope of this assessment practice to include disabled and multiply marginalized students. Critiques the assumption that labor is a neutral measure to assess students and how labor-based grading put certain students at a disadvantage. Offering engagement-based grading as a more equitable assessment model.--Provided by publisher.Assumptions in labor-based contract grading -- Substituting one standard for another: the normative, laboring body at the Center of Labor-Based Grading Contracts -- Labor-based contract grading and students' mental health -- Labor-based grading contracts and students' intersectional identities -- The effectiveness of labor-based grading contracts -- Forging ahead

MLA guide to digital literacy

Students face challenges assessing, responding to, and producing information in today's fast-paced, complex digital landscape. This guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a critically important skill: their education, future careers, and participation in democratic processes rely on it. Hands-on, structured activities give students strategies for evaluating the credibility of sources, detecting fake news, understanding bias, and more. Readings and writing prompts support specific concepts, including how to craft a research question and effectively conduct searches. An appendix contains three sample lesson plans