Insights Into the Research

OLA Super Conference January 31, 2004.

Reading Power

Insights into the Research

Print:

Beers,Kylene& Samuels, Barbara G., Into Focus: Understanding and Creating Middle School Readers; Norwood Massachusetts: Christopher_Gordon Publishers, Inc, 1998.

Booth, David. Even Hockey Players Read: Boys and Reading. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishing, Ltd., 2002

Brozo, William G. To be a boy, to be a reader: Engaging teen and preteen boys in active literacy. Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 2002.

Jobe, Ron, and Mary Dayton-Sakari. Info Kids: How to Use Nonfiction to Turn Reluctant Readers Into Enthusiastic Learners. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Ltd., 2002.

Jobe, Ron, and Mary Dayton-Sakari. Reluctant Readers: Connecting Students and Books for Successful Reading Experiences. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Ltd., 1999.

Krashen, Stephen. The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1993.

Loertscher, David. Reinvent Your School's Library in the Age of Technology. California: Hi Willow, 1999.

McQuillan. Jim. The Literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.

Additional:

Bouchard, David. The Gift of Reading. Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 2001

Fox, Mem. Reading Magic. United States: Harcourt Inc., 2001

Kropp, Paul. How to Make your Child a Reader for Life. Canada: Random House,2000

Trelease, Jim. The read-aloud handbook, Rev. ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.

WebSites:

1.  School Libraries and Student Achievement

Keith Curry Lance Library Studies www.lrs.org

The Importance of school libraies Lance White House

http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/Lance.pdf

PPT presentations http://www.lmcsource.com/tech/power/2nd/power2.htm

2.  Reading

Stephen Krashen http://www.sdkrashen.com/index.html

3.  Ontario Provincial Literacy Tests

Education Quality and Accountability Office http://www.eqao.com/eqao/home_page/03e/3_1e.html

EQAO Research Series, April 1999: Reading Attitudes, Gender & Student Achievement in Grades 3 and 6 http://www.eqao.com/eqao/home_page/pdf_e/99/99P032e.pdf

4.  International Assessments on Reading

IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), How in the World do Students read?, 1991 < http://www.iea.nl/Home/IEA/Publications/publications.html

IEA's PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), 2001 <http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pirls/

OECD- PISA (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and Programme for International Student Assessment) Study: Measuring up: The performance of Canada’s youth in reading, mathematics and science OECD PISA Study—First Results for Canadians aged 15 http://www.pisa.gc.ca/pisa/81-590-xpe.pdf>

EQAO Provincial Achievement Results, 2001-2002 English Language Results <http://www.eqao.com/eqao/home_page/pdf_e/03/03P003e.pdf

EQAO (National and International Assessments) http://www.eqao.com/eqao/home_page/08e/8_2e.html

5.  Boys and Reading

Teacher Librarian Feature Article Volume 30, Number 3, February 2003: Overcoming the obstacle course: Teenage boys and reading Patrick Jones & Dawn Cartwright Fiorelli http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/pages/30_3_feature.html

Reading Don't Fix No Chevies: The Role Of Literacy In The Lives Of Young Men 2002

a collaborative study Jeffrey D. Wilhelm University Of Maine and Michael Smith of Rutgers

http://www.umaine.edu/news/Archives/2001/July01/LiteracyBoys.htm

http://www.ncte.org/pdfs/subscribers-only/vm/0092-dec01/VM0092Guy.pdf

University of Victoria Study Morphing Literacy: Boys Reshaping Their Literacy. 2002

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/2003/Feb03/Blair&Sanford.htm

Scieszka’s Literacy Initiative for Boys: http://www.elsegundousd.com/eshs/wasc/wasc2/guysread1.htm

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