Resource List
Our resource list is always "under construction." We continue to compile a list of relevant research articles and other sources that we find helpful in enhancing our classroom instruction.
Project Zero
We continue to be inspired by the work of Project Zero research out of Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Watch the short clip below to learn more about the PZ organization.
Additional Articles & Resources
THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING & SPEAKING
Teaching Cognitive Strategies
Conley, M. (2008). Cognitive strategy instruction for adolescents: What we know about the promise, what we don’t know about the potential. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1) 84-108.
Questioning as Thinking (QAT)
Wilson, N. S. and Smetana, L. (2011), Questioning as thinking: a metacognitive framework to improve comprehension of expository text. Literacy, 45: 84–90. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2011.00584.
Flynt, E. and Brozo, W.G., (2009) It’s all about the teacher. Reading Teacher, 62.2, pp. 536-538.
Mercer, N. (2003) Helping children to talk and think together more effectively. POLIFONIA, 7, pp. 1-26.
Exploratory Talk
Mercer, N. (2008) Talk and the development of reasoning and understanding. Human Development, 51.1, pp.90-100.
Reninger, Kristin B., and Lisa Rehark. "Discussions in a fourth-grade classroom: Using exploratory talk to promote children's dialogic identities." Language Arts 86.4 (2009): 268-79. JSTOR. Web. 29 June 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/41483537>
Collaborative Reasoning (CR)
Anderson, R.C., Chinn, C., Waggoner, M., & Nguyen, K. (1998). Intellectually stimulating story discussions. In J. Osborn & F. Lehr (Eds.), Literacy for all: Issues in teaching and learning (pp. 170–186). New York: Guildford Press.
Reznitskaya, A., Anderson, R., McNurlen, B., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., Archodidou, A., & Kim, S. (2001). Influence of oral discussion on written argument. Discourse Processes, 32, 155–175.
Kim, I., Anderson, R.C., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., & Archodidou, A. (2007). Discourse patterns during children’s collaborative online discussions. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 16,333–370
Dialogic Teaching
Alexander, R. (in press). Culture, dialogue and learning: Notes on an emerging pedagogy. In N. Mercer & S. Hodgkinson (Eds.), Exploring talk in school: A celebration of the work of Douglas Barnes. London: Sage.
Alexander, R. (2000). Culture and pedagogy: International comparisons in primary education. Oxford: Blackwell.
Alexander, R. (2006). Towards dialogic teaching: Rethinking classroom talk (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Dialogos.
COMMON CORE
Coleman, D., & Pimentel, S. (2011). Publishers’ criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3-12. Washington, DC: CCSSO & NASBE.
Pearson, P. D. (in press). Research foundations for the Common Core State Standards in English language arts. In S. Neuman and L. Gambrell (Eds.), Reading instruction in the age of Common Core State Standards. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
Ness, M. (2011). Explicit reading comprehension instruction in elementary classrooms: teacher use of reading comprehension strategies. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(1), 98+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA249684448&v=2.1&u=lom_ oaklandu&it=r&p=ITOF&sw=w
National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implication for reading instruction: Report of the subgroups. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Development
Pressley, M., Kamil, M. L., Mosenthal, P. B., Pearson, P. D., & Barr, R. (2000). Handbook of reading research. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES FOR STRUGGLING READERS
Mason, Linda H. "Explicit self-regulated strategy development versus reciprocal questioning: effects on expository reading comprehension among struggling readers." Journal of Educational Psychology 96.2 (2004): 283-96. ProQuest. Web. 6 May 2013.
ASSESSMENT
Aukerman, M. (2008, September). In praise of wiggle room: locating comprehension in unlikely places. Language Arts, 86(1), 52-60.
Fiene, J., & McMahon, S. (2007, February). Assessing comprehension: a classroom-based process [Electronic version]. The Reading Teacher, 60(5), 406-417.
Oakley, Grace. "The assessment of reading comprehension cognitive strategies: practices and perceptions of Western Australian teachers." Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 34.3 (2011): 279+. General OneFile. Web. 6 May 2013.
ENGAGEMENT/GENERALIZATION
Annotation
Marzano, R. J. (2013, January). Analyzing complex texts. Educational Leadership, 84-85.
Zywica, J., & Gomez, K. (2008, October). Annotating to support learning in the content areas: Teaching and learning science. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(2), 155-164. doi:10.1598/JAAL.52.2.6
Sherer, J., Gomez, K., Herman, P., Gomez, L., White, J., & Williams, A. (2008) Literacy infusion in a high school environmental science curriculum. In K.R. Bruna & K. Gomez (Eds.), The work of language in multicultural classrooms: Talking science, writing science (pp. 93-114). Mahwah, NJ: Routledge-Taylor Francis.
Motivation
Snow, Catherine. "Cold versus warm close reading: Building students' stamina for struggling with text." Reading Today 30.6: 18-19. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.
Teaching Cognitive Strategies
Conley, M. (2008). Cognitive strategy instruction for adolescents: What we know about the promise, what we don’t know about the potential. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1) 84-108.
Questioning as Thinking (QAT)
Wilson, N. S. and Smetana, L. (2011), Questioning as thinking: a metacognitive framework to improve comprehension of expository text. Literacy, 45: 84–90. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2011.00584.
Flynt, E. and Brozo, W.G., (2009) It’s all about the teacher. Reading Teacher, 62.2, pp. 536-538.
Mercer, N. (2003) Helping children to talk and think together more effectively. POLIFONIA, 7, pp. 1-26.
Exploratory Talk
Mercer, N. (2008) Talk and the development of reasoning and understanding. Human Development, 51.1, pp.90-100.
Reninger, Kristin B., and Lisa Rehark. "Discussions in a fourth-grade classroom: Using exploratory talk to promote children's dialogic identities." Language Arts 86.4 (2009): 268-79. JSTOR. Web. 29 June 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/41483537>
Collaborative Reasoning (CR)
Anderson, R.C., Chinn, C., Waggoner, M., & Nguyen, K. (1998). Intellectually stimulating story discussions. In J. Osborn & F. Lehr (Eds.), Literacy for all: Issues in teaching and learning (pp. 170–186). New York: Guildford Press.
Reznitskaya, A., Anderson, R., McNurlen, B., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., Archodidou, A., & Kim, S. (2001). Influence of oral discussion on written argument. Discourse Processes, 32, 155–175.
Kim, I., Anderson, R.C., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., & Archodidou, A. (2007). Discourse patterns during children’s collaborative online discussions. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 16,333–370
Dialogic Teaching
Alexander, R. (in press). Culture, dialogue and learning: Notes on an emerging pedagogy. In N. Mercer & S. Hodgkinson (Eds.), Exploring talk in school: A celebration of the work of Douglas Barnes. London: Sage.
Alexander, R. (2000). Culture and pedagogy: International comparisons in primary education. Oxford: Blackwell.
Alexander, R. (2006). Towards dialogic teaching: Rethinking classroom talk (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Dialogos.
COMMON CORE
Coleman, D., & Pimentel, S. (2011). Publishers’ criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3-12. Washington, DC: CCSSO & NASBE.
Pearson, P. D. (in press). Research foundations for the Common Core State Standards in English language arts. In S. Neuman and L. Gambrell (Eds.), Reading instruction in the age of Common Core State Standards. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
Ness, M. (2011). Explicit reading comprehension instruction in elementary classrooms: teacher use of reading comprehension strategies. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(1), 98+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA249684448&v=2.1&u=lom_ oaklandu&it=r&p=ITOF&sw=w
National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implication for reading instruction: Report of the subgroups. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Development
Pressley, M., Kamil, M. L., Mosenthal, P. B., Pearson, P. D., & Barr, R. (2000). Handbook of reading research. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES FOR STRUGGLING READERS
Mason, Linda H. "Explicit self-regulated strategy development versus reciprocal questioning: effects on expository reading comprehension among struggling readers." Journal of Educational Psychology 96.2 (2004): 283-96. ProQuest. Web. 6 May 2013.
ASSESSMENT
Aukerman, M. (2008, September). In praise of wiggle room: locating comprehension in unlikely places. Language Arts, 86(1), 52-60.
Fiene, J., & McMahon, S. (2007, February). Assessing comprehension: a classroom-based process [Electronic version]. The Reading Teacher, 60(5), 406-417.
Oakley, Grace. "The assessment of reading comprehension cognitive strategies: practices and perceptions of Western Australian teachers." Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 34.3 (2011): 279+. General OneFile. Web. 6 May 2013.
ENGAGEMENT/GENERALIZATION
Annotation
Marzano, R. J. (2013, January). Analyzing complex texts. Educational Leadership, 84-85.
Zywica, J., & Gomez, K. (2008, October). Annotating to support learning in the content areas: Teaching and learning science. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(2), 155-164. doi:10.1598/JAAL.52.2.6
Sherer, J., Gomez, K., Herman, P., Gomez, L., White, J., & Williams, A. (2008) Literacy infusion in a high school environmental science curriculum. In K.R. Bruna & K. Gomez (Eds.), The work of language in multicultural classrooms: Talking science, writing science (pp. 93-114). Mahwah, NJ: Routledge-Taylor Francis.
Motivation
Snow, Catherine. "Cold versus warm close reading: Building students' stamina for struggling with text." Reading Today 30.6: 18-19. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.