Professional Journal Articles

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (in press).  Writing ideas that work.  Language & Literacy Spectrum,
• Fisher, D., Lapp, D., Flood, J., & Moore, K. (in press).  Linking literacy instruction an assessment: A continuing professional development initiative for secondary schools.  Literacy: An International Journal
• Fisher,, D., & Ivey, G. (in press).  Evaluating the interventions for struggling adolescent readers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
• Fisher, D. (2006). Responding to students who disclose the violence in their lives.  English Journal, 95(6), 65–70. 
• Fisher, D. (in press). Keeping adolescents “alive and kickin’ it”: Addressing suicide in schools.  Phi Delta Kappan
• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2006). Majority rules: A schoolwide literacy success.  Principal Leadership, 6(7), 16–21.
• Grove, K., & Fisher, D. (2006).  “Doing collaboration”: The process of constructing an educational community in an urban elementary school.  Ethnography and Education, 1, 1–4.
• Grant, M., & Fisher, D. (2005). What a girl does for love:  Using books to address relationship violence.  SIGNAL Journal, 28(1), 28–32.
• Fisher, D., & Ivey, G. (2005).  Literacy and language as learning in content area classes: A departure from “ever teacher a teacher of reading.”  Action in Teacher Education, 27(2), 3–11.
• Fisher, D. (2005). The missing link: Standards, assessment, and instruction.  Voices from the Middle, 13(2), 8–11.
• Ivey, G., & Fisher, D. (2005).  Learning from what doesn’t work.  Educational Leadership, 63(2), 8–17.
• Fisher, D., Lapp, D., & Flood, J. (2005).  Consensus scoring and peer planning: Meeting literacy accountability demands one school at a time.  The Reading Teacher, 58, 656–667.
• Flood, J., Lapp, D., & Fisher, D. (2005).  Neurological impress method plus.  Reading Psychology, 26, 147–160.
• Fisher, D. (2005).  The literacy educator’s role in suicide prevention. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48, 364–373.
• Fisher, D., Schell, E., & Frey, N. (2004).  “In your mind and on the paper”: Teaching students to transform (and own) texts.  Social Studies Review, 44(1), 26–31.
• Fisher, D., Frey, N., Farnan, N., Fearn, L., & Petersen, F. (2004).  Increasing achievement in an urban middle school.  Middle School Journal, 36(2), 21–26.
• Fisher, D. (2004).  Setting the ‘opportunity to read’ standard: Resuscitating the SSR program in an urban high school. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48, 138–150.
• Fisher, D. & McDonald, N. (2004). Stormy weather: Leading purposeful curriculum integration with and through the arts.  Teaching Artist Journal, 2, 240–248.
• Fisher, D., Flood, J., Lapp, D., & Frey, N. (2004).  Interactive read alouds: Is there a common set of implementation practices?  The Reading Teacher, 58, 8–17.
• Fisher, D., Flood, J., & Lapp, D. (2004). PQR (Parsing, Questioning, and Rephrasing): A strategy for guiding readers through syntactically difficult texts. Illinois Reading Council Journal, 32(3), 30–32.
• Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2004).  School change and teacher knowledge: A reciprocal relationship.  Teacher Education and Special Education, 27, 57–67.
• Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Farnan, N. (2004). Student teachers matter: The impact of student teachers on elementary-aged children in a professional development school.  Teacher Education Quarterly, 31(2), 43–56.
• Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2004).  Using graphic novels, anime, teen magazines, and the Internet in an urban high school English class.  English Journal, 93, 19–25.
• Farnan, N., Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2003).  The “big picture” of education: A K-12 teacher preparation program.  Action in Teacher Education, 25, 44–50.
• Frey, N., Fisher, D., & Hernandez, T. (2003).  What’s the gist?  Summary writing for struggling adolescent writers.  Voices from the Middle, 11(2), 43–49.
• Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2003).  A stitch in time: Increasing literacy achievement in an urban elementary school.  Indiana Reading Journal, 35(2), 51–59.
• Fisher, D., Frey, N. & Williams, D. (2003).  It takes us all.  Principal Leadership, 4(3), 41–44.
• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2003).  Finger pointing: Lessons learned from a chronically underperforming high school.  Principal Leadership, 4(1), 40–46.
• Molebash, P., & Fisher, D. (2003).  Teaching and learning literacy with technology.  Reading Improvement, 40, 63–70.
• Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Thousand, J. (2003).  What do special educators need to know and be prepared to do for inclusive schooling to work?  Teacher Education and Special Education, 26, 42–50. 
• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2003).  Writing instruction for struggling adolescent readers: A gradual release model.  Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 46, 396–407.