Duke, N.K., & Halvorsen, A. (2017, June 20). New study shows the impact of PBL on student achievement [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/article/new-study-shows-impact-pbl-student-achievement-nell-duke-anne-lise-halvorsen In our study, we randomly assigned second-grade teachers in high-poverty schools that had low performance on state tests to two groups. One taught social studies using the project-based units we designed (the experimentalā¦ Read More »
Teacher Education
Easy as AcHGzrjq: The Quick Letter Name Knowledge Assessment
Tortorelli, L.S.,Ā Bowles, R.P., & Skibbe, L.E. (Advance online publication). Easy as AcHGzrjq: The quick letter name knowledge assessment.Ā The Reading Teacher. A firm foundation in alphabet knowledge is critical for children learning to read. Under new literacy standards, letter name knowledge in preschool and kindergarten can function as a gatekeeper to the rest of the curriculum.ā¦ Read More »
New Ways to Engage Parents
Edwards, P. A. (2016). Ā New Ways to Engage Parents: Strategies and Tools for Teachers and Leaders, Kā12. New York:Ā Teachers College Press. Just as populations change, ideas about how to encourage and work with parents also need to evolve. This practical resource by bestselling author Patricia Edwards provides school leaders and classroom teachers with new andā¦ Read More »
A Systematic Review of the Research on Vocabulary Instruction That Impacts Text Comprehension
Wright, T. S., & Cervetti, G. N. (2017). A systematic review of the research on vocabulary instruction that impacts text comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 52, 203-226. Although numerous studies have identified a correlational relationship between vocabulary and comprehension, we know less about vocabulary interventions that impact reading comprehension. Therefore, this study is a systematic reviewā¦ Read More »
Fourth-Grade Emergent Bilinguals’ Uses of Functional Grammar Analysis to Talk About Text
Symons, C., Palincsar, A. S. & Schleppegrell M. J. (2017). Fourth-grade emergent bilingualsā uses of functional grammar analysis to talk about text.Ā Learning and Instruction.Ā While decades of research on reading comprehension strategy instruction has yielded significant insights into the effective use of comprehension strategies, less is known about how studentsāin particular students who are learningā¦ Read More »
Re-imagining Teacher Education in Michigan
Teacher education is a key part of the education system. Through recruitment, selection, preservice preparation, and support for experienced teachers, teacher education institutions contribute to the quality of P-12 instruction, and ultimately to student learning. The design and conduct of teacher education is shaped by state and federal policies, by work of P-12 educators, andā¦ Read More »
Poetic Language, Interdiscursivity and Intertextually in Fifth Graders’ Poetry: An Interpretive Study
Abstract: In spite of views that childrenās writing development is in large part a linguistic complex process involved in their engagement within and across social activities in and out of school, the literature is scant on the wide range of semiotic resources that children may draw on to animate their poetry writing and performances.Ā Drawingā¦ Read More »
How do I write…? Scaffolding preschoolers’ early writing skills
Cabell, S., Tortorelli, L., & Gerde, H. (2013). How do I writeā¦? Scaffolding preschoolersā early writing skills. The Reading Teacher, 66(8), 650-659.
Mathematics Teachers at Work Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom Instruction
Remillard, Janine T., Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth A. and Lloyd, Gwendolyn M. (Eds).Ā (August, 2011)Routledge. This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachersā use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on ā but not restricted to ā those materials developed in the 1990s inā¦ Read More »
Change Is Gonna Come Transforming Literacy Education for African American Students
Edwards, Patricia A., Thompson-McMillon, Gwendolyn, & Turner, Jennifer D.Ā (May 2010) Teachers College Press.Ā While many books decry the crisis in the schooling of African American children, they are often disconnected from the lived experiences and work of classroom teachers and principals. In Change Is Gonna Come, the authors look back to go forward, providingā¦ Read More »