Zutell, Jerry, Ed. TITLE Cognitive and Social Perspectives for Literacy Research and Inrtruction
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 313 564 CS 009 857 AUTHOR McCormick, Sandra. Ed.; Zutell, Jerry, Ed. TITLE Cognitive and Social Perspectives for Literacy Research and Inrtruction. Thirty - Fights Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. INSTITUTION National Reading Conference, Inc. PUB DATL 89 NOTE 546p.; Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference (38th, Tucson, AZ, November 29-December 3, 1r2od). AVAILABLE FROM National Reading Conference, Inc., 11 E. Hubbard St., Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611 ($45.00). PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF02 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Content Area Reading; Elementary Secondary Edlcation; *Literacy; Reading Achievement; *Reading Comprehension; *Reading Research; *Reading Writing Relationship; Teaching Methods;.,'ocabulary IDENTIFIERS *Emergent Literacy; Text Factors ABSTRACT This yearbook contains 59 selected articles from the National Readi- -onference for 1988 which represent a diversity of topics explore .nrough a variety of research paradigms designed to increase understanding of the critical issues of language and literacy. Included in the collectioa are "Political and Economic Dimensions of Literacy: Challenges for the 1990s" (M. T. Smith-E rke); "The Social Organization of Literacy Instruction' (R. Barr); "Designing Invitations to Thinking: ome Initial Thoughts" (J. BrEnsfor0 and others); "Awareness of Text Structure: TheQuestion of Transfer from Ll to L2 (Student Research Award)" (S. A. Hague); "Preschoolers' Use of Metacognitive Knowledge and Strategiesin Self - Selected Literacy Events" (D. W. Rowe); "Preschoolers' Conceptions ,f Literacy as Reflected in Their Spontaneous Play" (S. B. Neuman and K. Roskos); "Factors Associated with Long-Term Reading Achievement of Early Readers" (J. J. Pikulski and A. W. Tobin);"A S,.,.uctural Approach to Decoding and Spelling" (M. K. Henryand others); "Defining Is an Unnatural Act: A Study ofWritte.1 Definitions" (C. L. Z. Blachowicz and P. J. L. Fisher); "Task Variations and Prior Knowledge in Learning Word Meanings from Context" (S. A. Stahl); "The Vocabulary of Cultural Literacy in Newspaper of Substance" (J. Willinsky); "When Prior Knowledge Doesn't Facilitate Text Comprehension: An Examination of Some of t:Le Issues" (A. J. Pace and others); "Language as Resourcefor Mediating Comprehension" (E.I. Reyes and others); "A Critical Review of Reading in Mathematics Instruction: The Need for A New Synthesis" (M. Siegel and others); "Transfer Effects of Instructing Poor Readers to Recognize Expository Text Structure" (R. Weisberg and E. Balajthy); "Strategies for Reading Expository Prose" (T. A. Caron);"Prior Knowledge and Learning from Science Text: AnInstructional Study" (J. A. Dole and E.L. Smith); "Considerate Text:Do We Practice What We Preach?" (J. S. Schumm and others); "The QualitativeReading Inventory: Issues in the Development of a Reading DiagnosticTest" (L. Leslie and J. Caldwell); "WhatDoes Maximum Oral Reading Rate Measure?" (R. P. Carver); "The Contribution of Silen,. Readingwithin the Social Context of Instruction" (I. Wilkinson); "The Evolutionof Preservice Teachers' Knowledge Structures" (B. A. Hermann);"An Exploration of Text Reading and Reading Group Placementin Third-Grade Students" (D. E. DeFord); "Literature-Selection Strategies and Amount of Reading to Two Literacy Approaches" (K. Xervar and E. Siebert); and "NRC and the Politics of Literacy" (R. Horowitz and others). (RS) eD CO ri 4113 COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES LITERACY RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION Thirty-eighth Yearbook of The National Reading Conference SANDRA MCCORMICK JERRY ZUTELL Ohio State University Ohio State University Withthe editorial assistance of PATRICIA L. SCHARER PATRICIA R. O'KEEFE Ohio State University NRC Headquarters Published by The National Reading Conference, Inc. 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NRC is a not for profit, membershipcorporation. All business correspondence, including changes of address (include the oldaddress) and applications for membership, should be sent to: NRC, 11 East Hubbard,Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611. Manuscripts accepted for publication in the NRC Yearbookundergo an impartial re- view conducted by the Editorial Advisory Board andthe Co-Editors. Manuscripts must be original works which have been presented a the Annual Meetingof the National Reading Conference and have not been publisned elsewhereor submitted simulta- neously to other publication outlets I,. t) OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL READING CONFERENCE, INC JAMES V. HOFFMAN. President University of Texas, Austin GERALD DUFFY, President-Elect Michigan State University ROBERT TIERNEY, Vice President Ohio State University PATRICIA L. ANDERS, Treasurer University of Arizona MARY OLSON, Secretary University of North Carolina at Gr-Pnsboro M. TRIKA SMITH-BURKE, Past President New York University RICHARD ALLINGTON, Board Member SUNY at Albany JAMES FLOOD, Board Member San Diego State University DONNA OGLE, Board Member National College of Education TAFFY R.APHAEL. Board Member Michigan State University MICHAEL L. KAMIL, Publications Chair Ohio State University JUDITH C. BURNISON, Executive Director EDITORIAL ADVISORY REVIEW BOARD Thirty-eighth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference Peter Affierb«ch Anne McGill-Franzen Emory University SUNY at Albany joBeth Allen Alden J. Moe University of Georgia Lehigh University Patricia L. Anders Lesley Mandel Morrow University of Anzona Rutgers University Ernest Balajthy Petcr B. Mosenthal SUNY at Geneseo Syracuse University Rita M. Bean William E. Nagy University of Pittsburgh University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Isabel Beck Susan B. Neuman University of Pittsburgh University of Lowell David Bloome David G. O'Brien University of Massachusetts Purdue University William G. Brow Nancy D. Padak Eastern Michigan University Kent State University Deborah R. Dillon Yolanda N. Padron Purdue University University of Huston at Clear Lake Mariam Jean Dreher Peter V. Paul University of Maryland Ohio State University Patricia A. Edwards Gay Su Pinnell University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University Thomas Estes Marguerite C. Radencich University of Virginia Dade County (Floncla) Schools Karen M. Feathers Timothy Rasinski East Texas State University Kent State University James Flood Theresa Rogers San Diego State "Jni,,ersity Ohio State University Evelyn B. Freeman Deborah Wells Rowe Oho State University at Newark Vanderbilt University Linda B. Gambrell Diane L. Schallert University of Maryland University of Texas at Austin Michael F. Graves Gary M. Schumacher University of Minnesota Ohio University Judith Green Timothy Shanahan Ohio State University University of Illinois at Chicago Lee Gunderson M. Trika Smith-Burke University of Bntish Columbia iew York University Martha Rapp Haggard Steven Stahl Sonoma State University Western Illinois University Martha H. Head John C. Stansell Southeastern Louisiana University Texas A&M University Patricia Ann Herman Shane Templeton Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawaii University of Nevada at Reno Rosalind Horowitz Carol Vukelich University of TexasSan Antonio University of Delawate Bonnie C. Konopak Peter Winograd Louisiana State University University of Kentucky Lauren Leslie Karen Wixson Marquette University University of Michigan Ula C. Manzo David B. Yaden, Jr. Kansas City (Missouri) School District University of Hou ion Michael A. Martin Jane A. Zaharlas Eastern Michigan University Cleveland State University Lea M. McGee Louisiana State University C' U GUEST REVIEWERS Thirty-eighth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference Elizabeth B. Bernhardt Patricia R. Kelly Ohio State University United States International University Shirley A. Biggs June D. Knalle