1. CURRICULUM AND
RESEARCH IN LITERACY
AND LANGUAGE ARTS
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
What is the relationship between teaching
and research?
What are literature reviews?

2. WHAT INFLUENCES OUR
TEACHING?
 Using a collaborative mind map on wisemapping.com.

3. IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT
TEACHERS AND RESEARCH
 Teachers should “actively construct while they read” (diPardo et
al., 2006)
 Collaboration among teachers / teachers and researchers
 Inquiry as stance

4. IMPORTANT RESEARCH
CONCEPTS
 Quantitative v. Qualitative
 Quantifying qualitative data
 Generalizability
 Correlation v. Causation
 Validity and reliability

5. HOW RESEARCH ARTICLES ARE
USUALLY ORGANIZED
 Introduction
 Question
 Rational
 Literature Review
 Methodology
 Sample/Participants
 Data Collection
 Data Analysis
 Findings
 Discussion
 Conclusion

6. WHAT KIND OF DATA CONVINCES US?

7. HOW DO WE READ RESEARCH WITH
AN INQUIRY STANCE?

8. WHEN READING RESEARCH . . .
 What is the research question?
 What theoretical assumptions are made?
 Who is the sample/participants?
 What is the data?
 How was the data analyzed?
 What are the findings?
 What is the overall argument being made? Is it convincing?
 What is the applicability (direct/indirect) in classroom teaching?

9. WHAT IS A LITERATURE REVIEW?

10. WHAT IS A LITERATURE REVIEW?
 Organized by sub-topics, not by sources.
 A source may appear more than once, as a result.
 Written-well, I should be able to guess what your intervention will
be.
 In other words, draw your conclusions first, then write backwards
from there.
 As you research, keep track of major themes/categories.

11. WHAT IS A LITERATURE REVIEW?
 With the sample paper, reverse engineer the outline for literature
review.
 Group 1: pages 3–8
 Group 2: pages 9–13

12. IN-CLASS WRITING
 In a blog post, write about your inquiry question and a little bit
about why you choose it.

13. HOMEWORK
 Read as indicated on syllabus, take notes for each article on
questions stated on slide 8.
 Finish and post blog post. Comment on others’ blog posts.