Contemporary readings in literacy education / edited by Marva Cappello, Barbara Moss,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The reading wars / P. David Pearson -- Johnny won't read, and Susie won't either : reading instruction and student resistance / Rebecca Powell, Ellyn McIntyre, and Elizabeth Rightmyer -- Releasing responsibility / Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey -- How classroom assessments improve learning / Thomas R. Guskey -- Principles for literacy assessment / Peter Johnston and Paula Costello -- Behind test scores : what struggling readers really need / Sheila W. Valencia and Marsha Riddle Buly -- What can I say besides "sound it out"? : coaching word recognition in beginning reading / Kathleen F. Clark -- Helping children link sound to print : phonics procedures for small-group or whole-class settings / Laurice M. Joseph -- Phonemes in use : multiple activities for a critical process / Patrick C. Manyak -- Teaching spelling in the primary grades : a national survey of instructional practices and adaptations / Steve Graham ... [et al.] -- Fluency : bridge between decoding and reading comprehension / John J. Pikulski and David J. Chard -- Developing reading fluency with repeated reading / William J. Therrien and Richard M. Kubina Jr. -- Fluency : a review of developmental and remedial practices / Melanie R. Kuhn and Steven A. Stahl -- Nine things every teacher should know about words and vocabulary instruction / Karen Bromley -- Ten important words plus : a strategy for building word knowledge / Ruth Helen Yopp and Hallie Kay Yopp -- Vocabulary assessment : what we know and what we need to learn / P. David Pearson, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Michael L. Kamil -- Teacher practices and perspectives for developing academic language / Jeff Zwiers -- What every teacher needs to know about comprehension / Laura S. Pardo -- Scaffolding students' comprehension of text / Kathleen F. Clark and Michael F. Graves -- Teaching expository text structures through information trade book retellings / Barbara Moss -- New dimensions of content area literacy : not just for secondary teachers anymore / Karen D. Wood -- Rethinking middle school reading instruction : a basic literacy activity / William E. Blanton, Karen D. Wood, and D. Bruce Taylor -- Evaluating the interventions for struggling adolescent readers / Douglas Fisher and Gay Ivey -- Supporting independent writing : a continuum of writing instruction / Marva Cappello -- Beyond strategies : teacher practice, writing process, and the influence of inquiry / Anne Whitney ... [et al.] -- Writing into the 21st century : an overview of research on writing, 1999 to 2004 / Mary M. Juzwik ... [et al.] -- Language education : past, present, and future / Stephen Krashen -- Teaching English learners : what the research does--and does not--say / Claude Goldenberg -- A framework for robust literacy instruction for English learners / Patrick C. Manyak -- English learners : key issues / Richard R. Verdugo and Brittney Flores -- Reconcilable differences? : standards-based teaching and differentiation / Carol Ann Tomlinson -- Differentiating standards-based education for students with diverse needs / John J. Hoover and James R. Patton -- Discussing new literacies / Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear -- Finding space and time for the visual in K-12 literacy instruction / Dawnene D. Hassett and Melissa B. Schieble -- Literacy inquiry and pedagogy through a photographic lens / Marva Cappello and Sandra Hollingsworth -- Multimodality and literacy in school classrooms / Carey Jewitt.