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The ALA Reader is the scholarly journal of the Arkansas Literacy Association, designed to serve as a resource for all Arkansas literacy teachers.
Page 4: "AI: Your New BFF" By Tyler Tarver -- Page 5: "The Love of Reading" by David Ward Page 6: "The Effects of Explicit Instruction..." by Reannon Abshier -- Page 7: "It's 'A Good Day' to Make Inferences" by Amy Davis Page 8: "The Utilization of Recorded Read Alouds..." by Kira Hart ____________________________________________________________ 
"Savouring Reading Comprehension..." by Ryan Kelly - Page 4 -- Book Review and Interview with author Brett Pierce - Page 5 "Mitigating the Matthew Effects..." by Kimber Barber-Fendley - Page 6 -- "Why Do You Meme?..." by Carrie Rockett Page 7 ____________________________________________________________
Click here to view the 2022 The Reader online at issu.com Click here to view full-length articles: Article 1 (Been and Reed, Northeastern State University) and Article 2 (Oyeniyi and Feng, UCA) ____________________________________________________________
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2018 The Reader |
Please click below to read the full-text articles of the abstracts included within this year's issue of The Reader:
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2017 The Reader |
2016 Reader
Editor's Note: Each issue, we feature emerging research of special interest to Arkansas reading teachers. Abstracts of Action Research Studies (conducted by students at Arkansas Universities) are followed by links to full text versions of the same.
2016 Edition of The Reader Now Available!
Action Research Studies Featured in This Edition:
- Campbell_Jason_Book Talks and Boys Final Draft.pdf, Graduate Student, University of Central Arkansas
- Columbus_Taylor_BURST Reading Intervention.pdf, Graduate Student, University of Central Arkansas
- Eilers, et al_Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants.pdf
- Linda Eilers, Ph.D; Tracey Crowe, Ed.D; Angela Elsass, Ed.D; Heather Kindall, Ph.D;Professors of Literacy, University of Arkansas
- Fruits_Brooke_Using Data to Set Learning Goals.pdf, Graduate Student, University of Central Arkansas
- Wise_Rachel_Multisensory Methods and Alphabetic Knowledge.pdf, Graduate Student, University of Arkansas
Action Research Studies Featured in This Edition:
The 2014 Edition of The Reader
The Spring 2013 Edition of The Reader
Full length editions of the articles in this issue:
- From Common Core to Curriculum: Five Big Ideas by Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins
Action Research Studies Featured in This Edition:
- The Impact of Explicit Analytic Reading Skills Instruction on Mathematical Problem Solving by Megan Long
- The Effects of Instruction through Text Feature Walks on Comprehension of Expository Text by Cecely Franco
- The Effects of Instruction Incorporating Repeated Reading on Oral Reading Automaticity by Dorothy Ivey
The Spring 2012 Edition of The Reader
The Spring 2012 edition has been expanded to include emerging research of special interest to Arkansas reading teachers. Below are links to three recent "action research studies" conducted at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. We hope you find them useful.
- The Effects of Fluency Instruction Incorporating Readers Theatre on Oral Reading Fluency in an Eight-Grade Classroom by Susan Abram
- The Effects of Chipper Chat Games on Phonemic Awareness in a First Grade Classroom by Amanda Snow
- Using Dialogue Journals to Improve Writing for English Language Learners by Kaitlyn Datzman
Note: Opinions expressed in articles and studies in The Reader are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the ARA, its officers, or members.