EDU 5500: Literacy Acquisition and Development

Books

Kaestle, C. (2001). Adult literacy and education in America. Maryland: U.S. Dept of Education. 
Provides a results of a national literacy survey.
LC151.A46 2001

Children's play: The roots of reading. (2004). Washington, DC: Zero to Three Press.
New Book Area LB1139.35.P55C48 2004

Encyclopedia of language and education. (1997). Boston, MA: Kluwer. (Eight volumes. Vol. 2 Literacy.)
Provides an overview of literacy research prepared by leaders in the field and researchers.
Ref. P40.8 .E53

Family literacy: An annotated bibliography. (2000). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education.
Ref. LC151 .F32

Handbook of early literacy research. (2001). New York: Guilford Press.
A wealth of research covering such topics as: emergent literacy, early literacy development, bilingual children, effect of literacy within socio-economic groups, influence of the environment, reading instruction, reading achievement and outcomes, assessment and more.
Ref. LB1139.5 .L35 H37

Handbook of instructional practices for literacy teacher-educators: Examples of reflections from the teaching lives of literacy scholars. (2001). Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates.
A great resource for teaching literacy.
Ref. PE66 .H36

Handbook of literacy assessment and evaluation. (1996). Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.
A handbook of tools for assessing literacy, reading, language arts and more.
LC149 .H37x (Main Stacks)

Handbook of reading research. (2000). New York: Longman.
Provides worldwide research from scholars covering such topics as: the neurobiology of reading and reading disability, structural aspects of constructing meaning from text, reading in the content areas, the effect of technology on literacy and literacy learning, the multicultural perspective on literacy, and standards and assessment.
Ref. LB1050 .H278

Handbook of research on teaching the English language arts. (2003). New York: Maxwell Macmillan.
The International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English present the latest research by professionals in the field.
Ref. LB1576 .H234

Inquiry, literacy, and learning in the middle grades by Lauren Freedman and Holly Johnson.  (2004). Mass.: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.
Chapters include information on the importance of conversing and constructing, browsing and sharing, and connecting and collecting. 
Main Stacks LB1576.F74 2004

Issues and innovations in literacy education: readings from the reading teacher by Richard Robinson, ed. Delaware: International Reading Association.
Main Stacks LB1050.I79 2006

Literacy and learning. (2002). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
Presents the literacy issues for education in the United States.
Ref. LC151 .B58

Literacy in America: An encyclopedia of history, theory and practice. (2002). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
Presents a comprehensive overview of the study and practice of literacy. Topics include adolescent literature and whole language and language assessment.
Ref. LC151 .L487

Literacy learning in networked classrooms: using the internet with middle-level students by Mary McNabb.  (2006). Delaware: International Reading Association.
Topics discussed include computers and literacy; internet in education, and virtual reality in education. 
New Book Area LB1631.M32 2006

Literacy teacher preparation: ten truths teacher educators need to know. (2006). Delaware: International Reading Association.
New Books LB2844.1R4 L463 2006

New literacies in action: teaching and learning in multiple media.  (2005). New York: Teachers College Press.
Provides trends and literacy data. Discusses classroom characteristics and literacy structure. 
New Book Area LC151.K58 2005

Rethinking preparation for content area teaching: the reading apprenticeship approach by Jane Braunger.  (2005). California: Jossey-Bass. 
The author dicusses content area reading, inquiry-based learning, teacher training, and apprenticeship programs. 
New Book Area LB1050.455.R48 2005

Routledge encyclopedia of language teaching and learning. (2000). New York: Routledge.
An encyclopedia for those studying and teaching language.  Cover language learning and bilingual education.
Ref. P51 .R66

Periodicals

Check the catalog to see which issues we have. Search the Journal Locator to see where these periodicals are indexed and if they are available as full-text online.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
Journal of Literacy Research
Reading Horizons
Reading Improvement
Reading Psychology 
Reading Research Quarterly
Reading Teacher
Reading Today

Last updated August 6, 2006 by Christine Cesaria