DOCUMENT RESUME ED 390 028 CS 012 317 AUTHOR Camperell, Kay, Ed.; And Others TITLE Linking Literacy: Past, Present, and Future. INSTITUTION American Reading Forum. SPONS AGENCY Utah State Univ., Logan. Coll. of Education. REPORT NO ISSN-0895-3562 PUB DATE 95 NOTE 182p.; For volume 14, see CS 012 328. Selected papers presented at the Annual Conference of the American Reading Forum (Sanibel Island, FL, 1994). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) Collected Works General (020) Speeches/Conference Papers (150) JOURNAL CIT Yearbook of the American Reading Forum; v15 1995 EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC08 Plus Postage. UESCRIPTORS Action Research; Awards; Elementary Secondary Education; Emergent Literacy; Higher Education; Hispanic American Literature; Informal Reading Inventories; *Literacy; Parent Participation; Preservice Teacher Education; Problem Solving; *Reading Comprehension; Reading Research; *Reading Strategies; Scientific Literacy; Student Centered Curriculum IDENTIFIERS Authentic Assessment; Newbery Award ABSTRACT The papers in this book focus on the strategies, practices, theory, or research related to emergent literacy, elementary and secondary reading, literature, philosophy, affective issues, school improvement, teacher training, and assessment that are related in important ways to issues in past, present and future reading education. Papers in the book are: "Why Do We Have to Read This Anyway?" (Thomas H. Estes) ;"Toward a Feminist Pedagogy of Difference" (Donna E. Alvermann); "We're All in This Together: Difference, Pedagogy, and Critical Literacy" (Patrick Shannon); "Critics and Workers--Lessons on Fame and Pain" (Rick Erickson); "Some Funny Things Happened on My Way to the Forum" (Wayne Otto); "Call to lorum: A Dream about Gatto's 'Dumbing Us Down'" (Thomas Cloer, Jr.); "Effects of Anchored Instruction on Preservice Teachers' Knowledge Acquisition and Problem Solving" (Victoria J. Risko); "Explorers of the Universe: An Action Research Scientific Literacy Project" (Marino C. Alvarez); "Who Taught You How To Do That? Insights into Literacy Learning in a Student-Centered Nongraded Classroom" (Mona W. Matthews); "Results of Collaboration between College and Schools with a Parent Involvement Reading Program" (Shara B. Curry); "The Effects of Read-Along Tapes on the Reading Comprehension of Middle School Students" (Thomas Cloer, Jr. and Gail R. Denton); "Authentic Assessment and Literacy Instruction: Exactly Where Are We?" (Karen Ford and others); "Creating an Informal Reading-Thinking Inventory" (Anthony V. Manzo and others); "Cultural Values as Depicted in Hispanic Contemporary Fiction Books Written for Children" (Nelly Hecker and Bob W. Jerrolds); "Not Newbery but National Issues for Developing Higher Level Literacy" (Louise M. Tomlinson); "Linking Literature-Based Reading of Today with Literature-Based Instruction in the Past" (Janet A. Miller); and "A Participant-Observer's Notes Regarding a Problems Court Session at the American Reading Forum, 1994" (Wayne Otto and others). (RS) r .1tfr 00 (NI Ili Wit vanaltee A Crn L1..1 A U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office er Enucafionl Research and Improcernern PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) E/This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization onglnaltng it 0 Minor changes have beer made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMAT ION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI positron or policy , BEST COPY AVAILABLE - 11"7, R 1995, VOLUME XV Editors Kay Camperell and Bernard L. Hayes Utah State University Richard Telfer University of Wisconsin-Whitewater l'ublication made possible in part by support from Utah State University, College of Education. t) Copyright 1995 by the American Reading Forum All rights reserved. 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Donna Alvermann University of Georgia JoAnn Bass University of Mississippi Terry Bullock University of Cincinnati Thomas Cloer, Jr. Furman University Lessie Cochran Pennsylvania State University Shara Curry Grace College Roger Eldridge, Jr. University of Northern Colorado Joan Elliott Indiana University of Pennsylvania Rick Erickson Southern Illinois University Joyce Fine Florida International University Carolyn Geer University of Texas - Austin Cindy Gillespie Bowling Green State University David Gustafson University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse Bob W. Jerrolds North Georgia University Glenda Lofton Southeastern Louisiana University Janet Miller Northern Kentucky University Ken Smith Eastern Oregon State University Lynn Smith Southern Ilinois University Editorial Assistance provided by: Margaret Ellington, UtahState University. The Yearbook of the American Reading Forum containsselected papers and reactions to issues or papers presented at each year'sannual meeting. 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(ISSN (1895-3562) From The Editors Volume XV of the American Reading Forum Yearbook contains papers which have been recommended by theEditorial Advisory Board from those submitted by authors who presented at the 1994 Annual Conference on Sanibel Island, Florida.Papers and reactions from general sessions, problems courts, and forums have been arranged to represent the variety of exciting ideas explored duringthe conference. Past volumes of the American Reading Forum Yearbook addressed issues related to a variety of literacy concerns.With the theme, LINK- ING LITERACY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, papers inthis volume focus on strategies, practices, theory or research related to emergent literacy, elementary and secondary reading,literature, phi- losophy, affective issues, school improvement, teacher training, assess- ment, and other topics that are related in important ways toissues in past, present and future reading education. American Reading Forum Volume XV, 1995 Contents Keynote Sessions Why Do We Have to Read This Anyway? 1 Thomas H. Estes The University of Virginia Toward a Feminist Pedagogy of Difference 7 Donna E. Alvermann The University of Georgia We're All In This Together: Difference, Pedagogy, and Critical Literacy 15 Patrick Shannon The Pennsylvania State University Reactions to Forum Session Critics and Workers- Lessons on Fame and Pain 25 Rick Erickson Southern Illinois University Some Funny Things Happened On My Way to theForum 31 Wayne Otto University of WisconsinMadison Call to Forum: A Dream About Gatto's Dumbing UsDown 39 Thomas Cloer, Ir. Furman University Papers Effects of Anchored Instruction on Preservice Teachers' Knowledge Acquisition and Problem Solving 45 Victoria I. Risko Peabody College for Teachers Vanderbilt University Explorers of the Universe: An Action Research Scientific Literacy Project 55 Marino C. Alvarez Tennessee State University Who Taught You How to do That? Insights into Literacy Learning in a Student-Centered Nongraded Classroom 63 Mona W. Matthews Georgia State University Results of Collaboration Between College and Schools with a Parent Involvement Reading Program 77 Shara B. Curry Grace College The Effects of Read-Along Tapes on the Reading Comprehension of Middle School Students 85 Thomas Cloer, Jr. Furman University Gail R. Denton Northwood Middle School, Greenville, SC Authentic Assessment and Literacy Instruction: Exactly Where Are We? 93 Karen Ford Jill Miels Ball State University Alex Leave II University of North Texas Cindy Gillespie Bowling Green State University Janet Powell California State UniversitySan Marcos Ralph Gillespie Pellissippi State Technical Community College Creating an Informal Reading-Thinking Inventory 103 Anthony V. Manzo University of MissouriKansas City Ula Manzo Central Missouri State University Michael McKenna Georgia Southern University Cultural Values as Depicted in Hispanic Contemporary Fiction Books Written for Children 115 Nel ly Hecker Furman University Bob W. lerrolds North Georgia College Not Newbery But National Issuesfor