Selected Books by CELA Researchers

Copies of these books can be obtained from the publisher or a book dealer. They are not available from CELA.

Winner of the 1998 NCTE David H. Russell Award

Curriculum as Conversation Curriculum as Conversation: Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning
Arthur Applebee
University of Chicago Press (1996)

 

 

Envisioning Literature Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding & Literature Instruction
Judith A. Langer
Teachers College Press (1995)

 

 

Opening Dialogue Opening Dialogue: Understanding the Dynamics of Language and Learning in the English Classroom
Martin Nystrand, et al
Teachers College Press (1997)

 

Learning to Read Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children’s Learning
Peter H. Johnston Stenhouse (2004)

 

Learning to ReadLearning to Read: Lessons from Exemplary First-Grade Classrooms
Michael Pressley, Richard Allington, et. al.
The Guilford Press (2001)

 

Literacy in America Literacy in American Lives
Deborah Brandt
Cambridge University Press (2001)

 

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction Effective Literacy Instruction: Building Successful Reading and Writing Programs
Judith A. Langer
National Council of Teachers of English (2002)

 

Building Literacy Through Classroom Discussion: Research-Based Strategies for Developing Critical Readers and Thoughtful Writers in Middle School Building Literacy Through Classroom Discussion: Research-Based Strategies for Developing Critical Readers and Thoughtful Writers in Middle School
Mary Adler, Eija Rougle
Scholastic (2005)

 

Principled Practice Reading to Learn: Lessons from Exemplary Fourth-Grade Classrooms
Richard L. Allington & Peter H. Johnston
The Guilford Press (2002)

 

Selected books arranged alphabetically by author:

What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs (2000)
Allyn-Bacon Press, (800-666-9433)
Richard Allington

Teaching Struggling Readers: Articles from The Reading Teacher (1998)
International Reading Association, (800-336-READ)
Richard Allington

Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write (1996)
Harper-Collins Press, (800-387-0117)
Richard Allington & Patricia Cunningham

No Quick Fix: Rethinking Literacy Programs in America's Elementary Schools (1996)
Teachers College Press, (800-575-6566)
Richard Allington & Sean Walmsley

American Conversations: Puerto Ricans, White Ethnics and Multicultural Education (1999)
Temple University Press, (800-447-1656 )
Ellen Bigler

A Middle Mosaic: A Celebration of Reading, Writing, and Reflective Practice at the Middle Level (2000)
National Council of Teachers of English, (800-369-6283)
Elizabeth Close & Katherine Ramsey

Beyond the Culture Tours: Studies in Teaching and Learning With Culturally Diverse Text (1997)
Laurence Erlbaum Associates Inc., (800-926-6579)
Gladys Cruz (Editor), Sarah Jordon, Jose Melendez & Steven Ostrowski

Literacy and Literacies: Texts, power, and identity(2003)
Cambridge University Press, 800-872-7423
James Collins and Richard Blot

Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write (1999)
Longman Press, (800-666-9433 )
Patricia Cunningham & Richard Allington

Moving Forward with Literature Circles (2002)
Scholastic Inc., (800 SCHOLASTIC)
Jeni Pollac Day et al.

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction (1999)
The Guilford Press, (800-365-7006)
Linda Gambrell, Lesley Morrow, Susan Neumann, Michael Pressley, Eds.

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, second edition (2003)
The Guilford Press, (800-365-7006)
Linda Gambrell, Lesley Morrow, Michael Pressley, Eds.

Stability and Change in American Education (2003)
Eliot Werner Publications
Adam Gamoran, et al..

Knowing Literacy: Constructive Literacy Assessment (1997)
Stenhouse Publishers, (888-363-0566)
Peter Johnston

Crossing Over to Canaan (2001)
Jossey-Bass Press, (800-225-5945)
Gloria Ladson-Billings

The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children (1997)
Jossey-Bass Press, (800-225-5945)
Gloria Ladson-Billings

Literature Instruction: A Focus on Student Response (1992)
National Council of Teachers of English, (800-369-6283)
Judith Langer

Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research: Constructing Meaning Through Collaborative Inquiry (2000), Cambridge University Press, (800-872-7423)
Carol Lee & Peter Smagorinsky

Teaching and Learning in Real Time: Media Technology and Language Acquisition (2002)
Athelstan, (713-523-2837)
Carla Meskill

Towards a Rhetoric of Everyday Life (2003)
Wisconsin Press (773-702-7000)
Martin Nystrand and John Duffy, Eds.

Reading Instruction That Works: The Case for Balanced Teaching (1998)
The Guilford Press, (800-365-7006)
Michael Pressley

Using Portfolios in the English Classroom (1997)
Christopher-Gordon Press, (800-934-8322)
Alan Purves, et. al.

Standards in Practice Grade 9-12 (1996)
National Council of Teachers of English, (800-369-6283)
Peter Smagorinsky

Teaching English through Principled Practice (2002)
Merrill/Prentice Hall, (800-282-0693)
Peter Smagorinsky

Social Learning from Broadcast Television (1998)
Hampton Press, (800-894-8955)
Karen Swan, Carla Meskill & Steven DeMaio

 

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