Selected References for Advanced Literacy Research

Baumann, J.F. & Duffy-Hester, A.M. (2000). Making sense of classroom worlds: Methodology
in teacher research. In M.L. Kamil, P.B. Mosenthal, P.D. Pearson & R. Barr (Eds.),
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Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (2003). The craft of research. Chicago, IL: The
University of Chicago Press.
Boudett. K. P., City, E., & Murnane, R. (2005). Data wise: A step-by-step guide to using
assessment results to improve teaching and learning. Cambridge: Harvard Education
Press.
Crockett, M.D. (2002). Inquiry as professional development: creating dilemmas through
teachers’ work. Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 609-624.
Darling-Hammond, L., & Sykes, G. (1999). Teaching as the learning profession: Handbook of
policy and practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey - Bass.
Dillon, D. R. (2005).There and back again: Qualitative research in literacy education. Reading
Research Quarterly, 40 (1), 106-110.
Garet, M.S., Porter, A.C., Desimone, L., Birman, B.F. & Kwang, S.Y. (2001). What makes
professional development effective? Results from a national sample of teachers.
American Educational Research Journal, 38 (4), 915-945.
Hinchman, K. A. (2005). Why qualitative research continues to thrive: Jason and the politics of
representation. Reading Research Quarterly, 40 (1), 100-105.
Hubbard, R.S. & Power, B.M. (2003). The art of classroom inquiry: A handbook for classroom
researchers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
International Reading Association. (2004). Preparing reading professionals. Newark, DE:
International Reading Association.
Kamil, M. L., Mosenthal, P. B., Pearson, P. D., Barr, R. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of
reading research (v.3). [electronic version]. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kamil, M. L. (2004). The current state of qualitative research. Reading Research Quarterly, 39
(1), 100-107.
Lomax, R. G. (2004). Whither the future of quantitative literacy research? Reading Research
Quarterly, 39 (1), 107-112.
Sagor, R. (2005). The action research guidebook: A four-step process for educators and school
teams. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Shanahan, T., & Neuman, S. (2004). Literacy research that makes a difference. In Preparing
reading professionals. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Shavelson, R., & Towne, L. (Eds.) (2002). Scientific research in education. Washington, DC:
National Academy Press.
Stanovich, P. J., & Stanovich, K. E. (2003). Using research and reason in education: How
teachers can use scientifically based research to make curricular & instructional
decisions. Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy.
Steinkuehler, C. A., Black, R. W., Clinton, K. A. (2005). Researching literacy as tool, place, and
way of being. Reading Research Quarterly, 40 (1), 95-100.
Tobin, J. (2005). Strengthening the use of qualitative research methods for studying literacy.
Reading Research Quarterly, 40 (1), 91-95.