College Reading Association College Reading Association Action to A Call Times: Literacy Issues During Changing John A.College Smith,John A. ReadingPh.D. Smith, Association Ph.D. DepartmentJohnDepartment A. of Smith, Curriculum Ph.D. of Curriculum and Instruction and Instruction UniversityDepartmentUniversity of Texas ofatof CurriculumArlingtonTexas at Arlington and Instruction Box 19777UniversityBox 19777 of Texas at Arlington Arlington,BoxArlington, TX19777 76019 TX 76019 Arlington, TX 76019 ISBN 1-883604-11-7ISBN 1-883604-11-7 ISBN 1-883604-11-7 College ReadingCollege Association Reading Association Yearbook, Yearbook,Volume 30 Volume 30 College Reading Association Yearbook, Volume 30 Literacy Issues During Changing Times: A Call to Action Editors: Francine Falk-Ross Falk-Ross, Szabo, Sampson, Foote Szabo, Falk-Ross, Susan Szabo Falk-Ross, Szabo, Sampson, Foote Szabo, Falk-Ross, Falk-Ross, Szabo, Sampson, Foote Szabo, Falk-Ross, Mary Beth Sampson Martha M. Foote Literacy Issues During Changing Times: A Call to Action EACHER E T DUC G AT IN IO D N A RLD OF E O RE R W A A D C E R IN L I G G N E O I L F C L A O L C R E G A N I D N I N R G THE� A E R COLLEGE READING� L E T S L E ASSOCIATION U A D R A CH AN ON D INSTRUCTI The Thirtieth Yearbook A Peer Reviewed Publication of The College Reading Association Co-Editors Francine Falk-Ross Susan Szabo Northern Illinois University Texas A&M University-Commerce Mary Beth Sampson Martha M. Foote Texas A&M University-Commerce Texas A&M University-Commerce Co-Editorial Assistants Karen Larmon Whalen Margie Garcia Texas A&M University-Commerce Copyright 2009 The College Reading Association Photocopy/reprint Permission Statement Permission is hereby granted to professors and teachers to reprint or photocopy any article in the Yearbook for use in their classes, provided each copy made shows the copyright notice. Such copies may not be sold, and further distribution is expressly prohibited. Except as authorized above, prior written permission must be obtained from the College Read- ing Association to reproduce or transmit this work or portions thereof in any other form or by another electronic or mechanical means, including any information storage or retrieval system, unless expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address inquiries to the College Reading Associa- tion, John A. Smith, Professor and Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019 ISBN 1-883604-14-1 Printed at Texas A&M University-Commerce Cover Design: Carlyn Ross Schlechter ii COLLEGE READING ASSO C IATION BOA R D ME mb E R S Executive Officers President, Ellen Jampole, State University of New York at Cortland President-Elect, D. Ray Reutzel, Utah State University Vice President, Mona Matthews, Georgia State University Past President, Karen Bromley, Binghamton University, SUNY Executive Secretary, Kathleen (Kit) Mohr, University of North Texas Treasurer, John A. Smith, Utah State University Board of Directors Connie Briggs, Emporia State University JoAnn Dugan, Ohio University Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University Bonnie C. Higginson, Murray State University Michael A. Martin, Eastern Kentucky University Gary Padak, Kent State University Mary Roe, Washington State University Wayne Linek, Texas A&M University-Commerce Division Chairpersons Adult Learning, Christine McKeon, Walsh University Clinical Reading, J. Helen Perkins, University of Memphis College Reading, Bettina Murray, Fordham University Teacher Education, Francine C. Falk-Ross Editors/Co-Editors Reading Research and Instruction, Sherry Kragler, University of South Florida Lakeland; Carolyn Walker, Ball State University The Reading News, Larkin Page, Texas A&M Univeristy-Commerce CRA Yearbook, Francine Falk-Ross, Northern Illinois University; Susan Szabo, Texas A&M University-Commerce; Mary Beth Sampson, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Martha F. Foote, Texas A&M University- Commerce Committee and Commission Chairpersons Conference Coordinator, Barbara J. Reinken, Grand Valley State University Program, D. Ray Reutzel, Utah State University Reading Room, Allison Swan Dagen, West Virginia University; Pamela F. Summers, State University of New York, College at Cortland Exhibits, Barbara J. Reinken, Grand Valley State University Elections, Jon Shapiro, University of British Columbia iii Awards, Karen Bromley, Binghamton University, SUNY Research, Kristy Dunlap, George Mason University; Ruth Oswald, University of Akron Publications, Timothy G. Morrison, Brigham Young University Organization Focus Membership, Doris Walker-Dalhouse, Minnesota State University-Moorhead Mary DeKonty Applegate, Holy Family University Public Information, Sylvia Read (Webmaster), Utah State University; Marie F. Holbein, State University of West Georgia; Donna M. Harkins, State University of West Georgia; Parker C. Fawson, Utah State University Scholarship, Patricia Douville, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Historian, Dixie D. Massey, University of Puget Sound Photographer, Robin Erwin, Niagara University Resolutions & Rules, Diana Quatroche, Indiana State University; H. Jon Jones, Western Illinois University Legislative & Social Issues, Barbara J. Fox, North Carolina State University Professional Affairs, Jill Mizell Reddish, State University of West Georgia iv CRA EDITO R IAL ADVISO R Y BOA R D Tami Al-Hazza, Old Dominion University Mary Applegate, St. Joseph’s University Richard Culyer, Ed-Coker College Peggy Daisey, Eastern Michigan University Mayra Daniel, Northern Illinois University Jill Drake, University of West Georgia JoAnn Dugan, The Ohio University Kristy Dunlap, George Mason University Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University Michelle Fazio Brunson, Northwestern State University Parker Fawson, Utah State University Charlene Fleener, Old Dominion University Margie Garcia, Texas A&M University-Commerce Monica Gordon Pershey, Cleveland State University Donna Harkins, University of West Georgia Cindy Hendricks, Bowling Green State University Marie Holbein, University of West Georgia Ellen Jampole, State University of New York, College at Cortland Julie Kidd, George Mason University Roberta Linder, Aurora University Dixie D. Massey, University of Puget Sound Mona Matthews, Georgia State University Virginia Modla, La Salle University Kathleen Mohr, University of North Texas Timothy Morrison, Brigham Young University Bettina Murray, Brigham Young University Larkin Page, University of North Texas Jaqueline Peck, University of Akron John Ponder, University of West Georgia Diana Quatroche, Indiana State University Joanne Ratliff, University of Georgia D. Ray Reutzel, Utah State University Susan Roark, Nicholls State University Mary Roe, Washington State University Lynn Romeo, Monmouth University John Smith, Utah State University Jocelynn Smreker, Clarion University Alice Snyder, Kennesaw State University Agnes Stryker, Texas A&M University-Commerce Pamela Summers, State University of New York, College at Cortland Jane Thompson, Texas Woman’s University Doris Walker-Dalhouse, Minnesota State University-Moorhead Carol Wickstrom, University of North Texas Katherine Wiesendanger, Longwood University Yuanzhong Zhang, Miami-Dade College v Table of Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi PR ESIDENTIAL ADD R ESS 1 Traditions, Storying, and Crossroads Ellen Jampole 3 KEYNOTE ADD R ESSES 10 Getting the Facts Right in Books for Young Readers: Researching Mailing May Michael Tunnel 12 Teachers of English Learners: Issues of Preparation and Professional Development MaryEllen Vogt 23 Teacher Knowledge and Teaching Reading Mia Callahan, Vicki B. Griffo, and P. David Pearson 37 Contextualizing Reading Courses Within Political and Policy Realities: A Challenge to Teacher Educators Jerry Johns 63 The Lost Art of Teaching Reading Tim Rasinski 66 RESEA rc H AWA R DS 74 Critical Inquiries in Oral Language Production: Preservice Teachers’ Responses to Students’ Linguistic Diversity Doctoral Dissertation Award, Donna Glenn Wake 76 Case Study of a Middle School Student Attending a Separate Reading Class Master’s Thesis Award, Amy Alexandra Wilson 103 vi Collaboration and Discovery: A Pilot Study of Leveling Criteria for Books Written in Spanish for K-3rd Grade Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award, Mayra Daniels and Verna Rentsch 118 ISSUES OF TEA C HE R EDU C ATION 136 Teachers’ Talk: Teachers’ Beliefs About Factors Affecting Their Classrooms Merry Boggs and Susan Szabo 138 “Most of the Focus Was on Reading”: A Comparison of Elementary Teachers’ Preparation in Reading and Writing Brandi Gribble Mathers, Carolyn Shea, and Sara Steigerwald 151 Teaching Expository Text Structures: Using Digital Storytelling Techniques to Make Learning Explicit Donna Glenn Wake 164 The Strategy Debate: How Teacher Educators and Textbooks May Contribute to Confusing Terminology Margie Garcia and Karen Larmon Whalen 189 ISSUES OF PR OFESSIONAL DEVELO pm ENT 197 Investigating Alternative-Certification Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy and Outcome-Expectancy Beliefs Toward the Teaching of Reading Agnes Stryker and Susan Szabo 199 Consensus Building Through the Lens of Q Methodology: Defining Profiles for Effective Models of Professional Development Kristin Lynn Still and Jaclyn Prizant Gordon 215 School Reform: An Inside View of Professional Development Linda E. Martin and Sherry Kragler 234 Teachers’ Perceptions of Effective Professional Development Activities in a Case Study School Aimee I. Morewood and Rita M. Bean 248 vii ISSUES OF LITE