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Tables of Contents for Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
viii
Preface
ix
Biographies
xii
PART I The Study, Findings, and Experts' Points of View
1
98
About the Expert Study: Report and Findings
5
17
Rona F. Flippo
Point of View: Richard C. Anderson
22
6
Linda G. Fielding
On Being an ``Expert'' With a Point of View: Ten Years On
28
7
Brian Cambourne
My Point of View
35
6
Edward Fry
Always a Teacher: From Teacher to Teacher Educator to Researcher
41
8
Yetta M. Goodman
Evaluation, Writing, and Reading
49
6
Jane Hansen
Point of View: Jerome C. Harste
55
6
Diane DeFord
Point of View: Wayne R. Otto
61
8
Robert T. Rude
Developing Readers
69
9
Scott G. Paris
Life in the Radical Middle: A Personal Apology for a Balanced View of Reading
78
6
P. David Pearson
Point of View: George Spache
84
8
Richard D. Robinson
Principled Pluralism for Adaptive Flexibility in Teaching and Learning to Read
92
7
Rand J. Spiro
PART II Making Sense of Literacy
99
46
What We Know About Multicultural Education and Students of Diverse Backgrounds
101
17
Kathryn H. Au
What We Know About Readers Who Struggle
118
11
Victoria Purcell-Gates
What We Know About Motivation to Read
129
16
Linda B. Gambrell
PART III Toward A Common Ground
145
40
A Focus on NAEP Data: What It Means, What It Does Not Mean, and the Findings From the Expert Study
147
12
Jay R. Campbell
A Focus on Communication With Parents and Families
159
8
Timothy V. Rasinski
A Focus on the Media, Policy-Driven Literacy Practices, and the Work of Reading Professionals
167
11
Richard T. Vacca
The ``Real'' Common Ground: Pulling the Threads Together
178
7
Rona F. Flippo
Index
185