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Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning: Strategies and Tools for the Inquiry Process book cover

1st Edition

Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning Strategies and Tools for the Inquiry Process

Edited By Christine Pappas, Eli Tucker-Raymond Copyright 2011
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge
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Designed to facilitate teachers’ efforts to meet the actual challenges and dilemmas they face in their classrooms, Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning : provides background information and key concepts in teacher research covers the "how-to" strategies of the teacher research process from the initial proposal to writing up the report as publishable or... Read more

Preface

Part 1: Defining, Planning, and Starting Your Teacher Research

Part 1 Introduction

  1. So, What Is Teacher Research Anyway?

  2. Creating Your Research Questions—The First Step in Inquiry

  3. Planning Your Inquiry

  4. Writing a Preliminary Literature Review to Inform Your Inquiry

    5. Part 2: Enacting, Analyzing, and Writing Up Your Inquiry

    Part 2 Introduction

  5. Strategies for Data Collection

  6. Analysis—What do the Data Mean?

  7. Writing Up Your Inquiry as an Evocative Account

    8. Part 3: Teacher Researcher Reports

    Part 3 Introduction

  8. Katie Paciga’s Inquiry Paper

    9. Reading, Writing, and Sharing: The Journey to Become Kindergarten Authors

  9. Cindy Pauletti’s Inquiry Paper

    10. Word Detectives: Students Using Clues to Identify Unknown Words in Text

  10. Kristen Terstriep’s Inquiry Paper

    11. Toss Out Your Dictionaries: A Look at More Effective Vocabulary Instruction

  11. Sandra Zanghi’s Inquiry Paper

    12. Letting Their Voices Be Heard: Improving Literature Response Participation during Read-Alouds through Small-Group Discussions

  12. Tara Braverman’s Inquiry Paper

    13. What’s This Word? Helping Sixth Grade Students Use Reading and Vocabulary Strategies Independently

  13. Libby Tuerk’s Inquiry Paper

    14. Let's Read: Motivating Junior High Students to Become Life-Long Readers

  14. Meg Goethals’s Inquiry Paper

    15. "Books that Have Ghetto Feelings": How Reading Workshop Increases Inner-City Eighth-Graders’ Motivation, Engagement, and Comprehension

  15. Dawn Siska’s Inquiry Paper

    16. Challenging the "I Quit!" Going ‘Round and ‘Round with Literature Circles in a Secondary Reading Classroom

  16. Courtney Wellner’s Inquiry Paper

    17. "But This IS My Final Draft!" Making Peer Writing Conferences More Effective for Struggling 9th Grade Students

  17. Shannon Dozoryst’s Inquiry Paper

    18. Using Writing Workshop to Guide Revision

  18. Nicole Perez’s Inquiry Paper

    19. Coaching as a Collaborative Process

  19. Catherine Plocher’s inquiry Paper

Coaching for Change in a K–8 Urban Elementary School: Building Cultures of Collaboration and Reflective Practices

Epilogue: Further Reflections and Possibilities

Appendices

Appendix A: General Peer Conferencing Form

Appendix B: Common APA (American Psychological Association) Citing Conventions

Appendix C: Reminders for Grammatical and Other Language Usage

Index

Biography

Christine C. Pappas is Professor Emerita, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Eli Tucker-Raymond is Research Scientist with the Chèche Konnen Center at TERC.

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