National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy

PRESENTATIONS BY NCRLL MEMBERS AND FELLOWS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
MARCH 24-28, 2008
New York, USA

NCRLL had a strong presence at the AERA annual convention this spring in New York. Below is a listing of many of the presentations by our membership, featuring a symposium sponsored by NCRLL.

The Cultural Historical Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association is organizing a pre-AERA Annual conference workshop. The title of the workshop is: CULTURAL HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLAY, IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING. It will take place on Sunday, March 23, 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM at: East Side Institute, 920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY 10010.
To register, go to: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=151525 or call Melissa Meyer at 212.941.8906, ext 304. For more information: ana@zmajcenter.org

James Collins will present two papers with Jaekyung Lee: “When Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension (WIRC) Works: Preliminary Results of Two-Year Experiments in Low-Performing Urban Schools” (Monday March 24, 2:15-3:45 pm, Hilton New York/East Suite 4th), and “How Writing-Intensive Reading Comprehension (WIRC) Works: Insight from Qualitative Studies During Two Experiments” (Thursday, March 27, 12:25 - 1:05 PM, Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers/Metropolitan Ballroom, Metropolitan East, 2nd Floor).

Julie Coiro will present “Exploring the Developmental Reading Profiles of Three Adolescents as They Comprehend Information on the Internet” at a roundtable session (Wednesday March 26, 8:15-8:55 AM, Hilton New York/Trianon Ballroom/Petit Trianon, 3rd floor).

Judith Green will participate in an AERA Professional Development Training Workshop entitled “Using and Analyzing Video Data in Ethnographic and Cross-Disciplinary Studies of Learning Settings From Multiple Perspectives.” Other presenters at the workshop include David Bloome, Ricki Goldman, Susan R. Goldman, Minjeong Kim, Chaoyan Dong, Helen Kwah, Audra Skukauskaite, and W. Douglas Baker (Sunday, March 23, 9-6 PM, Hilton New York Bryant Suite, 2nd floor).

George Hruby will present “Current Neuroscience on Reading Comprehension” in a session titled “Reading Comprehension: Instructional Methods and Perspectives,” chaired by Janet S. Gaffney. Other presenters include Paola Pionieta, Jaekyung Lee, James Collins, Jeffery Fox, Rachel Brown, Jongseong Jeong, Janet Gaffney. Gina Biancarosa will serve as discussant. (Monday, March 24, 2:15-3:45, Hilton New York East Suite, 4th floor).

Mary Juzwik, Martin Nystrand, Sean Kelly, and Michael Sherry will present “Using Oral Narrative Talk in Dialogic Literary Discussions” in a symposium titled “Learning through Extended Talk.“ Other presenters include Neil Mercer, Lyn Dawes, Paul Thompson, Mary Bailey, Maureen Boyd, and Donald Rubin. Neil Mercer will serve as discussant. (Friday, March 28, 12:25-1:55 PM, New York Marriott Marquis TimesSquare Hart Room, 4th Floor).

Melissa Mosley and Rebecca Rogers will present, “Racial Literacy in Teacher Education: Tackling Whiteness Studies and Critical Race Theory in Book Club Discussions” in a symposium organized by Mark Jury entitled “Book Clubs as Contested Communities for Adult Readers” (March 28, 10:35 AM, Crowne Plaza Hotel Times Square, Room 1506,
15th Floor).

Peter Smagorinsky and Michelle Zoss are presenting “Teaching drawing and writing in a secondary literacy class as multimodal composition” as part of a symposium entitled “A Vygotskian Perspective on the Arts,” chaired by Cathreen Connery. Other presenters include Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Cathrene Connery, Seana Moran. Vera John-Steiner will serve as discussant (Monday, March 24, 2:15 PM, New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Times Square Room,
7th Floor).

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Featured NCRLL Symposium
“Language, Literacy, and Civic Responsibility”

37.012. Wednesday March 26,
8:15-9:45 am
Hilton, New York
Rendezvous Trianon, 3rd floor

Several noted panelists will share their current understanding of the academic and experiential use of language as power as well as their vision for how language and literacy can add to positive social change and justice. NCRLL President-elect Arlette I. Willis will chair the session. John Baugh will present “Linguistic Diversity and Literacy Among African American Students.” Carol D. Lee will present “Language Ideology, Literature Instruction and the Possibilities of Civic Debate: Levers for Community Empowerment.” Maisha T. Fisher will present “Catching Butterflies: Language, Literacy, and the School to Prison Pipeline.”

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March 24th 2008, Monday Evening
6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Business Meeting and Lecture
Marriott Marquis Times Square Westside Ballroom, Salon 3, 5th Floor.
1535 Broadway, New York City.

Title: “To Read or Not to Read. A Question of National Consequence.”
Speaker: Sunil Iyngar
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

You are invited to attend the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Research in Reading and Literacy Business Meeting, Lecture, and Reception-Celebration.

This will be followed, at 7:00 -- 9:00 p.m., by a Reception-Celebration Honoring the Production of and Contributors to Talking Texts: How Speech and Writing Interact in School Learning. Edited by Rosalind Horowitz, The University of Texas-San Antonio (Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group).

Hors D’Oeuvres, Desserts, and Cash Bar!
Mark your calendar and join us for an extraordinary evening!
It would be an honor to have you present at this special event!

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