Jennifer Castillo’s scientific contributions

... Despite the development of these meaningful approaches to writing instruction, research has shown that adolescent learners continue to experience difficulties connecting to contemporary writing curricula (e.g., Graham, 2019;Jones et al., 2021). As educators grapple with rigid time constraints and curricular standards, they often turn to assessments that seek uniformity to facilitate evaluation, stripping students of their ability to express diverse perspectives, experiences and identities in written form (Bazerman et al., 2017;Elmore, 2017;Vaughan, 2019). ...

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Writing worlds: Exploring mentorship approaches supporting adolescents' authentic writing across a Canadian youth centre's programmes