Browsing Holly Hungerford-Kresser, Ph.D. by Title
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Navigating Early College: Literacy Experiences and Identity Negotiations of Latina/o Students
(College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, 2010)This research provides insight into the adjustments of urban-schooled Latina/o students as they enter higher education. This year-and-a-half-long qualitative case study focuses on connections between identity negotiations ... -
Portraits of Practice: A Cross-Case Analysis of Two First-Grade Teachers and Their Grouping Practices
(National Council of Teachers of EnglishDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, 2013-02)his interpretive study provides a cross-case analysis of the literacy instruction of two first-grade teachers, with a particular focus on their grouping practices. One key finding was the way in which these teachers drew ... -
Urban-schooled Latina/os, Academic Literacies and Identities: (Re)Conceptualizing College Readiness
(The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education's Online Urban Education Journal, 2012)This qualitative case study focuses on the early college experiences of five Latina/o urban-schooled students who graduated in the top 10% of their high school class, guaranteeing them admission into a prestigious four ... -
"We Gotta Change First" : Racial Literacy in a High School English Classroom
(2014-Sprin)Students need more opportunities to learn how to respond to and counter forms of everyday racism. This qualitative study addresses that need by investigating how one peer-led group engaged in dialogue about issues of race ...