Graduation Date
Spring 2019
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Education
Committee Chair Name
Elizabeth Miller
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Tom Cook
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
ELA, Academic writing, Interdisciplinary, CCSS, Common core state standards
Subject Categories
Education
Abstract
Academic writing is an undervalued practice in secondary education. Many teachers outside of the English Language Arts struggle to implement writing into their curriculum due to their lack of confidence in teaching different writing skills and the amount of time teaching and assessing writing can require. Writing is extremely beneficial to students developing content knowledge and discursive writing skills; however, because not many teaching emphasize the importance of writing, students do not develop necessary writing skills. In California, 49.88 percent of students in grades 3-11 who participated in the California Assessment of Students Performance and Progress (CAASPP) did not meet the standards in English Language Arts (Torlakson, 2018). This study researches secondary education teachers in Northern California to understand how they teach writing and areas where they need support to more successfully bring writing into their classrooms to promote student literacy.
Citation Style
APA
Recommended Citation
Moles, Katie L., "Writing across the curriculum in secondary education" (2019). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 268.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/268
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