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Preparing Secondary Social Studies Teacher Candidates To Address Common Core State Standards And The C3 Framework With Diverse Learners, Gayle Y. Thieman, Susan J. Lenski
Preparing Secondary Social Studies Teacher Candidates To Address Common Core State Standards And The C3 Framework With Diverse Learners, Gayle Y. Thieman, Susan J. Lenski
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This study investigates the relationship between the literacy strategies used by social studies teacher candidates, the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies (CCSS), and the College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework. In an initial study the authors discovered that teacher candidates (TCs) in high-poverty schools tended to teach lower-level literacy strategies. We also explored the differences between TCs who were identified as using more high-level literacy strategies and those who used lower-level strategies. This follow- up study examines the work samples of six secondary social studies TCs in high poverty schools to …