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dc.contributor.authorUnsworth, Len
dc.contributor.authorChan, Eveline
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:40:46Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:40:46Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2013-06-10T23:45:16Z
dc.identifier.issn10381562
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/48286
dc.description.abstractThis paper notes that reading in today's world necessarily entails sophisticated integrative processing of meanings afforded by the combination of images and language. Secondly it notes that Australia's first National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) does not reflect this multimodal conceptualisation of reading comprehension. Thirdly it outlines some of the results of an ARC-funded study using the NSW Basic Skills Test (BST), explicating different types of image/language relations entailed in test questions and the relative difficulty of these. Fourthly the paper outlines the results of the final phase of the study, which investigated year six students' understanding of different types of image/language relations in online texts. Finally, implications for the development of a National Assessment Program that takes due account of the multimodal nature of contemporary paper and screen based texts, will be discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Literacy Educators' Association
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.alea.edu.au/documents/item/66
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom245
dc.relation.ispartofpageto257
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Language and Literacy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume32
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnglish and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation Systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.titleBridging multimodal literacies and national assessment programs in literacy
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 Australian Literacy Educators' Association. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorUnsworth, Len


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