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A balancing act : negotiating the teacher roles of instructor and participant during a high school literature discussion unit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this naturalistic, qualitative inquiry is to provide more information about how literature discussion as a reading instructional strategy can work in the secondary classroom. Elementary teachers have known ...
The nature of talk in a kindergarten classroom : examining read aloud, guided reading, and literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of talk that surrounds the literacy events of read aloud, guided reading, and literature discussion in an early childhood literacy program. This research describes how ...
A case study of cross-cultural and cross-age online literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate the nature of students' reading and writing experiences and the social contexts when students are involved in a cross-cultural and cross-age online literature ...
Small group read aloud with nonfiction and fiction literature in preschool
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher�s roles and children�s responses during small group read aloud with fiction and nonfiction literature in one preschool classroom. This instrumental case study draws ...
Scaffolding the continua of biliterate development in the Spanish language immersion classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The purpose of this qualitative research project is to describe the scaffolding strategies used by a teacher to engage and support students as they work within the continua of biliterate development in the fifth-grade ...
Talking beyond the text: identifying and fostering critical talk in a middle school classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
This qualitative inquiry examined eighty-one transcribed student and teacher discussions and interviews and researcher field notes to determine the type of talk that occurred as the teacher invited small groups of students ...