Games for Thought: The Past, Present, and Future of Education

David Shaffer

Shaffer, D. W., Squire, K. R., Halverson, R., & Gee, J. P. (2005). Video games and the future of learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 87(2) 105-112.

Shaffer, D. W., & Gee, J. P. (2006, June). Before every child is left behind: How epistemic games can solve the coming crisis in education. Paper presented at the University of Wisconsin Reading Symposium, Milwaukee, June 15-16.

Shaffer, D. W. (n.d.). Multisubculturalism: Computers and the end of progressive education.  Unpublished paper, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Shaffer, D. W. (2004). Pedagogical praxis: The professions as models for postindustrial education. Teachers College Record, 106(7), 1401-1421.

Becoming critically literate across the lifespan

Rebecca Rogers

Rogers, R. (2002). "That's what you're here for, you're suppose to tell us": Teaching and learning critical literacy. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45(8), 772-787.

Rogers, R., Kramer, M., Mosley, M., Fuller, C., Light, R., Nehart, M. Jones, R., Beaman-Jones, S., DePasquale, J., Hobson, S., & Thomas, P. (2005).  The long haul: Professional development as social change. Language Arts, 82(5), 347-358.

Rogers, R. (2004). Learning to be just: Peer learning in a working class classroom. In E. Gregory, S. Long, & D. Volk (Eds.), Many pathways to literacy: Learning with siblings, peers, grandparents, and in community settings. New York: Routledge.

African American Students Who Beat the Odds: The Contribution of Oral Language to Reading Achievement

Holly Craig

Craig, H. K., & Washington, J. A. (2004). Grade-related changes in the production of African American English. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 47, 450-463.

Craig, H. K., Thompson, C. A., Washington, J. A., & Potter, S. L. (2004). Performance of elementary-grade African American Students on the Gray Oral Reading Tests. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 35, 141-154.

Literature Discussion, Student Participation, and Teacher Mediation: A Look Across Classrooms and Discussion Formats

Beth Maloch

Maloch, B. (2005). Moments by which change is made: A cross-case exploration of teacher mediation and student participation in literacy events. Journal of Literacy Research, 37(1), 95-142.

Maloch, B. (2002). Scaffolding student talk: One teacher's role in literature discussion groups.  Reading Research Quarterly, 37(1), 94-112.

Maloch, B. (n. d.). Beyond Exposure: The Uses of Informational Text in a Second Grade Classroom.  Unpublished manuscript, University of Texas-Austin. 

Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Kurt Squire

Squire, K., & Jenkins, H. (2005). Harnessing the power of games in education. Insight, 3(5), 1-29.

Simpson, E. S. Evolution in the classroom: What teachers need to know about the video game generation. Tech Trends, 49(5), 17-23.

Learning Zones for Struggling Readers

Karla Moller

Moller, K. J. (2002). Providing support for dialogue in literature discussions about social justice. Language Arts, 79(6), 467-477.

Moller, K. J., & Allen, J. (2000). Connecting, resisting, and searching for safer places: Students respond to Mildred Taylor's The Friendship. Journal of Literacy Research, 32(2), 145-186.

Moller, K. J. (2004).  Creating zones of possibility for struggling readers: A study of one fourth grader's shifting roles in literature discussions. Journal of Literacy Research, 36(4), 419-460.

English Language Learners’ writing development from their first language to English

Danling Fu

Fu, D. (n. d.). Writing development and biliteracy. Unpublished manuscript, University of Florida. 

Fu, D. (2006, June). A Collaboration between ESL and Regular Classroom Teachers for ELL Students’ Literacy Development. Paper presented at the 25th Annual University of Wisconsin Reading Symposium, Milwaukee, June 15-16.

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