Illustrates some of the practices and dispositions to watch for when negotiating relationships and reforms in schools. Notes that the intervention described in the program was not sufficient in length or strength to change the long-held attitudes of the teachers. (SG)

Recognizes how lack of time, support, and resources can hamper the development of an effective integrated curriculum. Describes classroom and preservice teachers' collaboration to create an effective curriculum based on the story "Flat Stanley." Concludes that preservice teachers gained important insights about designing effective integrated…

Presents a 25-item annotated bibliography for beginning readers, 30 items for young readers, 19 items for intermediate readers, and 24 items for advanced readers--all selected by children. Gives tips for parents, primary caregivers, and educators. Describes the Children's Choice project and book selection. (SG)

Incorporates recent conceptualizations of the reading process and implements an alternative assessment with hearing-impaired students. Presents the authors' work as educational evaluators in examining the use of techniques with Deaf students and reports the adaptations required for this population. Concludes that educators of the Deaf can benefit…

Lists and discusses 37 works of children's literature, and categorizes the books by disciplines (science, math, language arts, geography, history, and fine arts) as a reminder of the growing place for literature in all areas of the curriculum and the role it plays in fostering children's desire to know and learn. (SG)

Reports results of a 2-year program to put high-quality children's books in urban child-care centers. Gives an overview of the project, detailing its progress, processes, and impact on children's literacy development. Suggests to increase the volume, quality, and intensity of young children's stimulating experiences with good books at an early age…

Suggests the use of environmental print word sets in active, hands-on learning sessions in order to develop skills required for alphabetizing words. Notes that the environmental print word sets allow students to concentrate on the alphabetizing task rather than the recopying of word lists. Considers the importance of alphabetizing, shows the…

Describes a project where the author worked with students twice a week to observe and document types of collaboration that took place during writing workshops. Presents evidence to identify types of collaboration. Discusses these observations and delineates classroom components that allow these interactions to take place. Considers types of…

Explores an instructional approach, Internet Project, which prepares children for their literacy future in a world where change is a defining characteristic of literacy and learning. Concludes that during Internet Project, students help to identify important problems, gather and critically evaluate information, use the appropriate information to…

Focuses on the author's desire to create student-led discussion groups, instead of teacher-led groups. Considers specific research questions for student-led groups. Inquires what kinds of writing and discussion students would engage in if given the opportunity to make their own writing/discussion choices. Indicates that students do engage in…

Notes the challenges faced as teachers, concerning policy, curriculum, or control, require that educators address three issues: their multiple identities in and out of schools, their will to act on their convictions, and their abilities to respect diversity. (SG)

Notes that with computers and technicians in the schools, with public demand for teaching students to use computers effectively, and with the information that students can now access on the Internet, the roles of both teachers and students have changed drastically. Focuses on some specific software that may assist teachers in guiding students on…

Draws on the Teachers Learning Collaborative (a network of three teacher study groups across southeastern Michigan) to illustrate the potential of teacher research for informing the field, as well as to demonstrate a particular model within which such research can be accomplished. (SG)

Presents an analysis of teacher research studies that illustrates the variety of choices teachers make in exploring questions within their own classrooms. Concludes with a representation of an array of possibilities from which teacher researchers might choose or use to guide them as they select or invent their own methodological solutions within…

Presents research on reading performance that focused on whole schools. Considers early reading programs in high-poverty, high-performing schools and how these schools allocated resources to develop, implement, and sustain their early reading programs. Identifies practices in specific high-performing, high-poverty schools through case study…