Contemporary Readings in Literacy Education (Contemporary Readings Series) »

The latest research on literacy education made more accessible!

To help students and beginning teachers understand contemporary issues in literacy education, this book provides a collection of edited readings and accompanying strategies. The articles have been selected to provide a balance between readings that focus on key theoretical concerns and others that suggest classroom applications of those guiding principles.

Key Features:

• The text is organized into sections representing today s most important literacy concerns.
• The readings are contextualized with section introductions by the editors that provide an overview of each topic.
• Section introductions also include hands-on instructional strategies to help students negotiate the articles, promote overall comprehension, and apply the material in practice.
• Articles have been edited to be accessible and relevant to students, and they provide a variety of viewpoints on the issues raised.
• A selection of the articles is available in full-text form at www.sagepub.com/cappello.

This text will help instructors integrate the latest research into their courses in a meaningful way and show students how to apply research and theory to practice.

Article Abstracts ix

Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxii

Advisory Board xxiii

Section I Planning and Organizing Literacy Instruction 1

1 The Reading Wars P. David Pearson 3

2 Johnny Won't Read, and Susie Won't Either: Reading Instruction and Student Resistance Rebecca Powell Ellen McIntyre Elizabeth Rightmyer 25

3 Releasing Responsibility Douglas Fisher Nancy Frey 43

Section II The Assessment/Instruction Relationship 49

4 How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning Thomas R. Guskey 51

5 Principles for Literacy Assessment Peter Johnston Paula Costello 57

6 Behind Test Scores: What Struggling Readers Really Need Sheila W. Valencia Marsha Riddle Buly 69

Section III Word Recognition 81

7 What Can I Say Besides "Sound It Out"? Coaching Word Recognition in Beginning Reading Kathleen F. Clark 85

8 Helping Children Link Sound to Print: Phonics Procedures for Small-Group or Whole-Class Settings Laurice M. Joseph 97

9 Phonemes in Use: Multiple Activities for a Critical Process Patrick C. Manyak 103

10 Teaching Spelling in the Primary Grades: A National Survey of Instructional Practices and Adaptations Steve Graham Paul Morphy Karen R. Harris Barbara Fink-Chorzempa Bruce Saddler Susan Moran Linda Mason 109

Section IV Fluency 111

11 Fluency: Bridge Between Decoding and Reading Comprehension John J. Pikulski David J. Chard 115

12 Developing Reading Fluency With Repeated Reading William J. Therrien Richard M. Kuhina Jr. 125

13 Fluency: A Review of Developmental and Remedial Practices Melanie R. Kuhn Steven A. Stahl 131

Section V Vocabulary Development and Academic Language 133

14 Nine Things Every Teacher Should Know About Words andVocabulary Instruction Karen Bromley 137

15 Ten Important Words Plus: A Strategy for Building Word Knowledge Ruth Helen Yopp Hallie Kay Yopp 145

16 Vocabulary Assessment: What We Know and What We Need to Learn P. David Pearson Elfrieda H. Hiebert Michael L. Kamil 149

17 Teacher Practices and Perspectives for Developing Academic Language Jeff Zwiers 167

Section VI Comprehension 169

18 What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Comprehension Laura S. Pardo 171

19 Scaffolding Students' Comprehension of Text Kathleen F. Clark Michael F. Graves 181

20 Teaching Expository Text Structures Through Information Trade Book Retellings Barbara Moss 193

21 New Dimensions of Content Area Literacy: Not just for Secondary Teachers Anymore Karen D. Wood 205

Section VII Adolescent Literacy 211

22 Rethinking Middle School Reading Instruction: A Basic Literacy Activity William E. Blanton Karen D. Wood D. Bruce Taylor 213

23 Evaluating the Interventions for Struggling Adolescent Readers Douglas Fisher Gay Ivey 223

Section VIII Writing 233

24 Supporting Independent Writing: A Continuum of Writing Instruction Marva Cappello 237

25 Beyond Strategies: Teacher Practice, Writing Process, and the Influence of Inquiry Anne Whitney Sheridan Blau Alison Bright Rosemary Cabe Tim Dewar Jason Levin Roseanne Macias Paul Rogers 245

26 Writing Into the 21st Century: An Overview of Research on Writing, 1999 to 2004 Mary M. Juzwik Svjetlana Curcic Kimberly Wolbers Kathleen D. Moxley Lisa M. Dimling Rebecca K. Shankland 265

Section IX Working With English Language Learners 267

27 Language Education: Past, Present, and Future Stephen Krashen 269

28 Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does-and Does Not-Say Claude Goldenberg 275

29 A Framework for Robust Literacy Instruction for English Learners Patrick C. Manyak 293

30 English Learners: Key Issues Richard R. Verdugo Brittney Flores 297

Section X Differentiating Instruction/Universal Access 299

31 Reconcilable Differences? Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation Carol Ann Tomlinson 301

32 Differentiating Standards-Based Education for Students With Diverse Needs John J. Hoover James R. Patton 307

Section XI Trends: New Literacies/Multiple Literacies 313

33 Discussing New Literacies Michele Knobel Colin Lankshear 315

34 Finding Space and Time for the Visual in K-12 Literacy Instruction Dawnene D. Hassett Melissa B. Schieble 325

35 Literacy Inquiry and Pedagogy Through a Photographic Lens Marva Cappello Sandra Hollingsworth 333

36 Multimodality and Literacy in School Classrooms Carey Jewitt 341

References and Endnotes 343

Internet Resources 381

Index 385

About the Editors 399