Literacy Research Methodologies

by Duke, Nell K.; Mallette, Marla H.

• ISBN13: 9781593850593
• ISBN10: 159385059X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-29
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Balanced and authoritative, this volume brings together leading experts to present 13 methodologies widely used in literacy research. Following a consistent format, each chapter describes the methodology at hand, identifies the types of questions and claims for which it is well suited, delineates clear standards for quality, and presents one or more exemplary studies using the methodology. Guiding readers to choose wisely from available methodologies when designing their own research endeavors--and to understand the contributions that each mode of inquiry can generate--this is an essential text for graduate students in literacy. It is also an ideal resource for more experienced researchers seeking to build their skills for utilizing or evaluating particular approaches.

Author Biography

Nell K. Duke, EdD, is Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Learning, Technology, and Culture at Michigan State University, East Lansing. Her research focuses on early literacy development, particularly among children living in urban poverty. Her specific areas of expertise include the development of informational literacies in young children, comprehension teaching and learning in early schooling, approaches to addressing the needs of struggling reader/n-/writers, and issues of equity in literacy education. She has used a variety of research methodologies in her own work and teaches courses on research design. Dr. Duke has a strong interest in the preparation of educational researchers and has published and presented on this topic.

Marla H. Mallette, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her research interests include literacy teacher education, literacy instruction and learning with students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the convergence of early literacy and technology. She is very interested in research methodologies and has used various methodologies in her own work. Dr. Mallette has also published and presented on literacy research methodologies and the preparation of literacy researchers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Marla H. Mallette
Nell K. Duke
Case-Study Research	7	(21)
Diane M. Barone
Inferences from Correlational Data: Exploring Associations with Reading Experience	28	(18)
Keith E. Stanovich
Anne E. Cunningham
Discourse Analysis: Conversation	46	(16)
Susan Florio-Ruane
Ernest Morrell
Discourse Analysis: Written Text	62	(30)
Susan R. Goldman
Jennifer Wiley
Ethnographic Research	92	(22)
Victoria Purcell-Gates
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design in Literacy Research	114	(35)
Frank R. Vellutino
Christopher Schatschneider
Connecting Research and Practice Using Formative and Design Experiments	149	(21)
David Reinking
Barbara A. Bradley
Doing Historical Research on Literacy	170	(27)
Norman A. Stahl
Douglas K. Hartman
Developing Affective Instrumentation for Use in Literacy Research	197	(30)
William A. Henk
Michael C. McKenna
Meta-Analysis in Reading Research	227	(25)
Adriana G. Bus
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Neuroimaging in Reading Research	252	(35)
Jack M. Fletcher
Panagiotis G. Simos
Andrew C. Papanicolaou
Carolyn Denton
Survey Research	287	(21)
James F. Baumann
James J. Bason
Verbal Protocols of Reading	308	(14)
Michael Pressley
Katherine Hilden
Toward a Pragmatics of Epistemology, Methodology, and Other People's Theories in Literacy Research	322	(23)
Mark Dressman
Sarah J. McCarthey
Conclusion	345	(10)
Nell K. Duke
Marla H. Mallette
Appendix. Alphabetical Listing of the Exemplars	355	(2)
Index	357