Books Ordered for the bookstore:
Readings:
1. Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998). Framing the issues in literacy education. In Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998) Literacy and Schooling. New York: Routledge.
2. Baron, Dennis (2000). From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology Link Also available in a less fully illustrated form in Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook.
3. Gates, Arthur I. & Robinson, Richard (2002). What should we teach in reading? Reading Psychology,23(4), 341-345. Link to abstract
Week 2: 9/14 and 9/17: Margaret Donaldson on Children's Minds
Readings:
Donaldson, M. (1979). Children's Minds.W. W. Norton & Company: New York.
Week 3: 9/21 and 9/24: Writing -- a technology that restructures thought?
Readings:
1. Ong, W. (2001). Writing is a technology that restructures thought. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 19-31.
2. Goody, J. (2001). What's in a list? In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 32-51.
3. Olson, D. (2001). Writing and the mind. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 107-122.
4. Christie, F. (1998). Learning the literacies of primary and secondary schooling. In Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998) Literacy and Schooling. New York: Routledge.
5. Scribner, S. & Cole, M. (2001). Unpackaging literacy. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 123-137.
Week 4: 9/28 and 10/1: Emergent literacy: Beginning with Kress
Readings:
1. Kress, G. (1997). Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy. Routledge: New York. Chapters 1-4.
2. Williams, G. (1998) Children entering literate worlds: Perspectives from the study of textual practices, In Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998) Literacy and Schooling.
Week 5: 9/28 and 10/1: The cognitive psychology of reading
Reading:
1. Smith, F. (1997). Reading without nonsense. New York: Teachers College Press. Chapters 1-9.
2. Sokolov, B. (2000). There's more to reading than meets the eye. Renewal, 9(1). Link
Week 6: Why did learning to read spark a 'great debate'?
Readings:
1. Adams, M. J. (2001). Theoretical approaches to reading instruction. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 309-315.
2. Rozin, P. (1976). The Evolution of Intelligence and Access to the Cognitive Unconscious. In Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology. J.M. Sprague & A.N. Epstein (Eds.), Vol. 6, 245-280. Academic Press: New York. Photocopy. Only the section on Language and the Acquisition of Reading.
3. Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read. Available online at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm
To gain another perspective on the report read this Minority View also:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/minorityView.pdf
4. Whitehurst, G.J. & Lonigan, C.J. (1998). Child development and emergent literacy. Child Development, 69, 848-873. Link to abstract (This should be very useful for our book review project.)
5. Also use online sources to further your understanding of the reading wars. Middleweb (a Middle School reform group) has put together a good set of resources on 'The Reading Wars' at http://www.middleweb.com/Reading.html
Week 7: Continuing with the great debate - No Child Left Behind and Reading First
Readings:
1. Implementation of Reading Programs and Strategies, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session on Examining the Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110), Focusing on The Reading First and Other Literacy-Related Programs and Strategies, June 13, 2002. Link to online version (via our library)
2. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks of Reading Instruction, NIFL DocumentFriday: Photocopy of chapters from What's in the Picture?
Weeks 8 & 9: Dyslexia
Readings:
Tuesday 10/26 - one of the precious October Study Days
Friday 10/29
1. Lyon, G. R. (2003). A Definition of Dyslexia. Annals of Dyslexia, 53, 1-14. Link to abstract
1. Lundberg, I. (2002). The Child's Route into Reading and What Can Go Wrong. Dyslexia, 8, 1-13. Link to abstract
2. Snowling, M.J. (2001). From Language to Reading and Dyslexia. Dyslexia, 7, 37-46. Link to abstract
Images for class
Tuesday 11/2: Election Day
1. Miles, E. (2000). Dyslexia may show a different face in different languages. Dyslexia, 6, 193-201. Link to abstract
2. Post, Y.V. (2003). Reflections. Teaching the secondary language functions of writing, spelling, and reading. Annals of Dyslexia, 53, 128-148. Link to abstractFriday 11/5:
Add in to the mix:
1. Rinehart, Steven D. (1999). Don't think for a minute that I'm getting up there": Opportunities for readers' theater in a tutorial for children with reading problems. Reading Psychology, 20(1), 71-90. Link to abstract
2. Graves, D. (1985). All children can write. LDOnline
Week 10: Back to Kress and Writing 11/9 & 11/12
Reading:
Kress, G. (1997). Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy. Routledge: New York. Chapters 5-8.
Arnheim, R. (1969) Thinking with Pure Shapes, in Visual Thinking (pp. 208-225). Berkeley, CA.: University of California Press. Photocopy
In preparation for Friday's seminar with small group work on NCLB and dyslexia please read:
a brief Wikipedia entry
G. Reid Lyon's testimony on Learning Disabilities Research
and the official overview of NCLB on the ed.gov site
Week 11: 11/16 & 11/19:
Reading:
1. Kress, G. (2003). Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies). Routledge: New York. Chapters 1-5.
2. Charney, D. (2001). The effect of hypertext on processes of reading and writing. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 85-104.
Week 12: No classes - Thanksgiving week
Week 13: 11/30 & 12/3:
Reading:
1.Kress, G. (2003). Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies). Routledge: New York. Chapters 6-10.
2.Morgan, Old letteracy or new literacy: Reading the wor(l)d online, in Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998) Literacy and Schooling, New York: Routledge.
3. Lankshear & Noble, (1998) New times! Old ways? in Christie, F. & Mission, R. (1998) Literacy and Schooling, New York: Routledge.
Week 14: 12/7 & 12/10 : Presentations of Conference Projects -- Conference papers are due this week
Week 15: 12/14 & 12/17: Presentations of Conference Projects
Articles:
Gates, Arthur I. & Robinson, Richard (2002). What should we teach in reading? Reading Psychology,23(4), 341-345. Link to abstract
Brookshire, Jamye, Scharff, Lauren F.V. & Moses, Laurie E. (2002). The influence of illustrations on children's book preferences and comprehension. Reading Psychology, 23(4), 323-240. Link to abstract
Lenski, Susan Davis & Nierstheimer, Susan L.Strategy instruction from a sociocognitive perspective. Reading Psychology, 23(2), 127-244. Link to abstract
Scales, Alice M. & Rhee, Ock (2001). Adult reading habits and patterns. Reading Psychology, 22(3), 175-204. Link to abstract
Fang, Zhihui (2001). The development of schooled narrative competence among second graders. Reading Psychology, 22(3), 205-224. Link to abstract
Prior, Suzanne M. & Welling, Katherine A. (2001). "Read in your head": A Vygotskian analysis of the transition from oral to silent reading. Reading Psychology, 22(1), 1-15. Link to abstract
Sanacore, Joseph (2000). Promoting effective literacy learning in minority students by focusing on teacher workshops and reflective practice: A comprehensive project supported by the Annenberg Foundation. Reading Psychology, 21(3), 233-256. Link to abstract
Manzo, Anthony V., Manzo, Ula, Barnhill, Amy & Thomas, Matthew (2000). Proficient reader subtypes: Implications for literacy theory, assessment and practice. Reading Psychology, 21(3), 217-233. Link to abstract
Nancy L. Douglas (2000). Enemies of critical thinking: Lessons from social psychological research. Reading Psychology, 21(2), 129-145. Link to abstract
Thomas, Karen F. & Barksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice (2000). Metacognitive processes: teaching strategies in literacy education courses. Reading Psychology, 21(1), 67-85. Link to abstract
Fawson, P.C. & Moore, S.A. (1999). Reading incentive programs: Beliefs and practices. Reading Psychology, 20(4), 325-341. Link to abstract
Mazzoni, Susan Anders, Gambrell, Linda B. & Korkeamaki, Riita-Liisa (1999). A cross-cultural perspective on early literacy motivation. Reading Psychology, 20(3) Issue 3, 237-254. Link to abstract
Rinehart, Steven D. (1999). Don't think for a minute that I'm getting up there": Opportunities for readers' theater in a tutorial for children with reading problems. Reading Psychology, 20(1), 71-90. Link to abstract
Ong, W. (2001). Writing is a technology that resturctures thought. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 19-31.
Goody, J. (2001). What's in a list? In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 32-51.
Baron, D. (2001). From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 70-84.
Charney, D. (2001). The effect of hypertext on processes of reading and writing. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 85-104.
Olson, D. (2001). Writing and the mind. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 107-122.
Scribner, S. & Cole, M. (2001). Unpackaging literacy. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 123-137.
Hayes, J.R. (2001). A new framework for understanding cognition and affect in writing. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 172-198.
McHenry, E. & Brice Heath, S. (2001). The literate and the literary: African-Americans as writers and readers: 1830-1940. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 261-274.
Adams, M. J. (2001). Theoretical approaches to reading instruction. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 309-315.
Goodman, Y. (2001). The development of initial literacy. In Cushman, E., Kintgen, E.R., Kroll, B.M. & Rose, M. (Eds.) Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. pp. 316-324.
Démonet, Jean-François; Taylor, Margot J.; Chaix, Yves (2004). Developmental dyslexia. Lancet, 363 , 1451-1461. Link to abstract
Medina, J. (2004). Progess on dyslexia. Psychiatric Times, 21(3), p29-30. Link to abstract
Medina, J. (2004). New research on dyslexia. Psychiatric Times, 21, 40-43. Link to abstract
Kahmi, A. (2004). A Meme's Eye View of Speech-Language Pathology. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 35(2),105-112. Link to abstract
Cooke, Ann (2002). Case Study: A virtual non-reader achieves a degree. Dyslexia, 8, 102-116. Link to abstract
Wolff, U. & Lundberg, I. (2002). The prevalence of Dyslexia among art students. Dyslexia, 8, 34-43. Link to abstract