Explicates aspects of dialogue theory that may enhance understanding of educational processes in general and interactive learning processes in particular. Bakhtin's extended theory of dialogue, the concept of multivoicedness and Lotman's dual functions of texts are explained and used to analyze a Web-mediated discussion among university students.…

Traces how the individualizing of literacy problems is constructed through dominant discourses of blame and victimization, and how these detract attention from both the nature of literacy as a cultural and variable construct and from broader socioeconomic explanations for literacy difficulties. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy…

Argues that it is essential to recognize and address violence and trauma as they affect literacy work. The costs of neglect and ignorance regarding violence and trauma are significant for both learners and practitioners. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

Uses examples drawn from research across several sites in tourism and hospitality in which employees are required to interact with technology, in order to highlight issues relating to new online literacies that are now required for efficient work practices and to discuss implications for practice. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy…

Discusses measurement as a social process. Argues that measurement is a process that shapes us as we shape it. Highlights a project that explored how numeracy practices are organized as a going concern with young unemployed people. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

Discusses how concepts from semiotic theories may be adapted to teaching media literacy to English language learners. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

Discusses the need to promote health literacy. Such efforts can be achieved through more personal forms of communication and through community-based educational outreach. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

Responds to an article on health literacy and social practice and suggests the article has much to offer debates about literacy and health. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

Offers a collection of reflective essays written by past presidents of the National Reading Conference, the parent organization of this journal. Considers such issues as the nature and character of the organization during their tenure and the major research topics under investigation. Attempts a synthesis of the reports that focuses on recurrent…

Delves into the birth, childhood, and adolescence of the National Reading Conference, with direct attention given to the germination of the "Journal of Reading Behavior," the former title of this journal. Notes the National Reading Conference has a long and honored history spanning a period of nearly 50 years. (RS)

Hand searched each volume/issue of the past 30 years of the "Journal of Reading Behavior/Journal of Literacy Research" to examine trends in literacy research. Finds the major themes of text, tests and assessment, and instruction shifted in importance over the decades. Notes the journal contained more reports of quantitative than qualitative…

Uses the Social Science Index to gather data concerning the frequency with which articles published in volumes 1 to 25 of the "Journal of Reading Behavior" have been cited. Examines the nature and range of the citations. Identifies the 30 most frequently cited articles, and examines the top 10 in greater detail. Offer a summary and a…

Describes the collaborative literacy activity that occurred in one teacher's sociodramatic play center in a multi-age classroom (K-2) and a kindergarten classroom. Finds the children in the multi-age group engaged in a larger amount and a broader range of collaborative literacy activities than did the kindergartners; and the collaborative…

Describes the reading development of two Hispanic children during their first-grade year. Uses a qualitative, "confessional" narrative genre. Portrays their literacy emergence in relation to the teacher's expectations and the classroom balanced reading program. Interprets the children's reading development in light of current controversies in…

Examines five preschool deaf children's use of sign language during free-choice writing. Finds the children used both signed language and nonverbal expression to engage in representational, directive, interactional, personal, and heuristic use of language to support their writing endeavors. Raises the question of whether nonverbal expression might…