Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (Third Edition)

 

Preface

Section 1: The Language Learner

1. Who Is Learning Language(s) in Today's Schools?
Veronica Valdez, Rebecca Callahan

2. As Learners Acquire Language
Courtney Cazden

3. When Learners Speak Two or More Languages
Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell

4. Research on Diverse Students in Culturally and Linguistically Complex Language Arts Classrooms
Arnetha Ball, Allison Skerrett, Ramon Martinez

5. Crossing Borders With Language: Teachers and the Transformative Potential of Professional Development Opportunities
Maria Franquiz, Ellen Pratt

Section II: Contexts for Language Learning

6. Early Literacy Development: Merging Perspectives That Influence Practice
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Susan Dougherty

7. The Development of Literacy in the Elementary School
Dorothy Strickland, Dianna Townsend

8. Language Arts Learning in the Middle Grades
Joyce E. Many, Mary Ariail, Dana L. Fox

9. The Context of English Language Arts Learning: The High School Years
Thomas W. Bean, Helen Harper

10. Context Specific Literacy Instruction
Ernest Morrell

11. Adult Literacy: A Review From Two Perspectives
Bill Muth, Kristen Perry

12. Variation in Language and the Use of Language Across Contexts: Implications for Literacy Teaching and Learning
Cynthia Brock, Fenice Boyd, Julie Pennington

13. Family Literacy on the Defensive: The Defunding of Even Start—Omen or Opportunity?
Jeanne R. Paratore, David B. Yaden Jr.

14. Out-of-School Literacy Contexts
Lalitha Vasudevan, Kelly Wissman

15. Literacy Education in the Context of Globalisation
Allan Luke, Radha Iyer, Catherine Doherty

Section III: History and Theoretical Perspectives

16. Integrating the Elementary Language Arts: An Historical Perspective
Douglas K. Hartman, Jennifer Monaghan

17. The Consideration of Costs in Improving Literacy
Henry Levin

18. Alignment of Cognitive Processes in Reading With Motivations for Reading
John T. Guthrie, Ana Taboada, Allan Wigfield

19. Sociocultural Theory: Expanding the Aims and Practices of Language Arts Education
Patricia Enciso

20. English Language Learners: Language and Relationships
Robert T. Jimenez, Brian C. Rose, Mikel W. Cole, Tanya R. Flushman

21. Literary Theories and Teaching of English Language Arts
Richard Beach, Thomas Swiss

22. Education Policy and the Language Arts
Timothy Shanahan

Section IV: The Many Faces of Texts

23. Transforming English Language Arts in a Web 2.0 World
Richard Beach, Glynda Hull, David O'Brien

24. Literacy and ICT in the Early Years
Rachel Levy, Jackie Marsh

25. The Material and the Situated: What Multimodality and New Literacy Studies Do for Literacy Research
Jennifer Rowsell, Kate Pahl

26. Media Literacy
Stacie Tate

27. Critical Literacy, Critical Engagement, and Digital Technology: Convergence and Embodiment in Global Spheres
Karen Wohlwend, Cynthia Lewis

28. Making Visual Analysis Critical
Peggy Albers, Vivian Vasquez, Jerome C. Harste

29. Webs of Significance: Semiotic Perspectives on Text
Margie Siegel, Debbie Wells-Rowe

Section V: Teaching the English Language Arts

30.Tracing Instructional Tensions in the Teaching of the English Language Arts: A Primer
George Hruby, Sylvia Read, Melanie Landon-Hays

31. I Know I Can! Teacher Self-Efficacy in the English Language Arts Classroom
Megan Tschannen-Moran, Bronwyn MacFarlane

32. Teaching for Transformation: Drama and Language Arts Education
Brian Edmiston

33. Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics in the Language Arts Classroom: A Developmental Approach
Linnea Ehri

34. The Art and Science of Teaching Reading Fluency
Timothy Rasinski

35. Teaching Spelling in the English Language Arts Classroom
Shane Templeton

36. Vocabulary Instruction: Three Contemporary Issues
Peter Fisher, Camille Blachowicz, Susan Watts-Taffe

37. Comprehension: The Cooperation of Many Forces
Douglas Fisher, Diane Lapp, Nancy Frey

38. Recent Research on Students' Literary Responses
Nancy Roser, Miriam Martinez, Karen Wood

39. K–12 Students as Writers: Research and Practice
Jane Hansen, Brian Kissel

40. Critical Literacy as Comprehension: Understanding at Deeper Levels
Maureen McLaughlin, Glenn DeVoogd

41. Passive Dupes, Code Breakers, or Savvy Users: Theorizing Media Literacy Education in English Language Arts
Rene Hobbs, Michael RobbGrieco

42. The Relevance of Rhetoric
Nancy Nelson

43. Grammar and Literacy Learning
Meg Gebhard, J.R. Martin

Section VI: Assessment of English Language Arts Teaching and Learning

44. Diversity and English Language Arts Assessment
Peter Afflerbach, Summer Clark

45. Assessment Frameworks for Teaching and Learning English Language Arts in a Digital Age
Julie Coiro, Jill Castek

46. Authentic Professional Development and Assessment for Language Arts Teachers' Capacity for Change
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, Sunita Singh

47. Assessing Every Child: Using Purposeful Language Arts Assessments in Diverse Classrooms
Jennifer D. Turner, Chrystine Hoeltzel

48. Issues in the Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students With Special Needs
Janette K. Klingner, KaiLonnie Dunsmore, Patricia Edwards

49. Assessing the English Language Learner
Lee Gunderson, Dennis Murphy Odo, Reginald D'Silva

Section VII: Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts

50. Complexity, Multiplicity, “Timeliness,” and Substantive Engagement: Methodologies for Researching the Teaching of the English Language Arts
David Bloome, Thandeka Chapman, Peter Freebody

51. Research as Praxis: Documenting the Dialectical Relationship Between Theory and Practice
Steven Z. Athanases

52. Policy and Research in the English Language Arts: Massive, Inclusive, and Artful Design Choices
Peter Freebody

53. Ethnographic Research in Teaching and Learning the English Language Arts: Studying the Cultural Contexts of Teaching and Learning the English Language Arts
Gemma Moss

54. Analyzing Text and Talk Through Critical Discourse Analysis
Stephanie Carter

55. Emic Perspectives of Research
Thandeka Chapman, Valerie Kinloch

56. Research Methodologies for Large-Scale Instructional and Intervention Studies
Robert C. Calfee, Marilyn Chambliss

57. Child Development Studies Over Time
Stuart McNaughton

58. Theory and Method in Research on Literacy Practices: Adaptations and Alignment in Research and Praxis
Peter Smagorinsky

59. English in the Era of Globalisation: Implications for Research Methodologies for English Language Arts
Anthony T. Liddicoat

60. Syncretic Approaches to Studying Movement and Hybridity in Literacy Practices
Kris D. Gutierrez, Andrea C. Bien, Makenzie K. Selland

61. Critical Approaches to Research in English Language Arts
Arlette Willis

 

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