Most Recent Articles from Journal of Literacy Research

• Texts in Elementary Classrooms, The 

  The Texts in Elementary Classrooms James V. Hoffman and Diane L. Schallert (Eds.), The Texts in Elementary Classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence...

  01/01/06 by Morgan, Denise N · More from publication

• Children's Choices for Recreational Reading: A Three-Part Investigation of Selection Preferences, Rationales, and Processes 

  This report delineates a three-part investigation into first graders' preferences, selection rationales, and processes when choosing a picture book...

  01/01/06 by Mohr, Kathleen A J · More from publication

• Power Through Voicing Others: Girls' Positioning of Boys in Literature Circle Discussions 

  This qualitative study uses an analysis of literature circle discussions to illuminate larger issues of gender and social class for a group of...

  01/01/06 by Clarke, Lane W · More from publication

• Contributions of Student Questioning and Prior Knowledge to Construction of Knowledge From Reading Information Text 

  This study investigated the relationship of student-generated questions and prior knowledge with reading comprehension. A questioning hierarchy was...

  01/01/06 by Taboada, Ana; Guthrie, John T · More from publication

• Informational Texts as Read-Alouds at School and Home 

  The role of informational text in primary-grade classrooms has been the subject of much discussion in recent years, and there is converging...

  01/01/06 by Yopp, Ruth Helen; Yopp, Hallie Kay · More from publication

• Book Review: Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice 

  Book Review: Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice. Ariette Ingram Willis,...

  07/01/05 by Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour · More from publication

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