Hiller A. Spires|Shea N. Kerkhoff|Abbey C. K. Graham|Isaac Thompson|John K. Lee
Operationalizing and validating disciplinary literacy in secondary education
North Carolina State University|University of Missouri–St. Louis|North Carolina State University|North Carolina State University|North Carolina State University
goal study define construct establish validity disciplinary literacy recently gained attention implementation common core state standards national governors association center best practices council chief state school officers common core state standards english language arts literacy historysocial studies science technical subjects pdf authors washington dc 2010 defining disciplinary literacy four core disciplines english language arts science history social studies mathematics scales developed administered snowball sample professionals nationwide 857 respondents data showed evidence disciplinary literacy multidimensional construct three related factors source literacy analytic literacy expressive literacy based efa cfa results conclude least three types literacy operation among four core disciplines three factors literacy varied significantly four core disciplines englishlanguage arts ela science history social studies mathematics supporting notion discipline uses literacy uniquely first study kind attempt define quantify validate construct disciplinary literacy