Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 32, No. 1, February 1998

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• EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION: Announcing the Alan C. Purves Award: On the Impact of Educational Research

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  Keywords: Research, College

• The Tesoros Literacy Project: An Experiment in Democratic Communities

  Todd DeStigter

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  Abstract: Narrates effects of a 10-week literacy project, a collaboration between Latino English-as-a-Second-Language students and at-risk Anglo counterparts in a rural high school in the upper midwest. Highlights "treasures" of their experience as they gather to read Spanish- and English-language literature, to write stories and poems, and to revise each other's work.

  Keywords: Diversity, Literacy, Literature, Pedagogy, Writing, Secondary

• Influences of Text and Pictures on Shared and Emergent Readings

  Charles A. Elster

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  Abstract: Examines influences of text language and structure and text-picture relationships on 33 preschoolers' emergent readings of three picture books and teacher-led shared readings that preceded them. Indicates findings on emergent readings support a transactional model of emergent reading and highlight the importance of considering the influence of textual features on early reading behaviors and knowledge.

  Keywords: Research, Reading, Elementary

• University Course-Based Practitioner Research: Four Studies on Journal Writing Contextualize the Process

  Marguerite Cogorno Radencich, Kathy Eckhardt, Rebecca Rasch, Sharon L. Uhr, and Dena M. Pisaneschi

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  Abstract: Addresses problems and possibilities in development of practitioner research stemming from a semester-long master's level research course. Presents course context; outlines the four classroom studies that examined journal writing; explores commonalities among studies; shares conversations among researchers on issues of systematic inquiry, ownership, collaboration, and professional sharing of the research; and problematizes inquiry research as part of coursework.

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