Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V by Moje, Elizabeth Birr; Afflerbach, Peter P.; Enciso, Patricia; Lesaux, Nonie K;

Short description:

Grounded in an imperative to take a hard look at what reading research is, why we do it, how we know what we know, and what we know that matters for students, teachers, school leaders, and those who influence reading policies in schools and school systems, the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V synthesizes current research and reveals important new directions.

Long description:

In a time of pressures, challenges, and threats to public education, teacher preparation, and funding for educational research, the fifth volume of the Handbook of Reading Research takes a hard look at why we undertake reading research, how school structures, contexts and policies shape students? learning, and, most importantly, how we can realize greater impact from the research conducted. A comprehensive volume, with a "gaps and game changers" frame, this handbook not only synthesizes current reading research literature, but also informs promising directions for research, pushing readers to address problems and challenges in research design or method.

Bringing the field authoritatively and comprehensively up-to-date since the publication of the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV, this volume presents multiple perspectives that will facilitate new research development, tackling topics including:

• Diverse student populations and sociocultural perspectives on reading development








• Digital innovation, literacies, and platforms








• Conceptions of teachers, reading, readers, and texts, and the role of affect, cognition, and social-emotional learning in the reading process








• New methods for researching reading instruction, with attention to equity, inclusion, and education policies








• Language development and reading comprehension








• Instructional practices to promote reading development and comprehension for diverse groups of readers

Each volume of this handbook has come to define the field for the period of time it covers, and this volume is no exception, providing a definitive compilation of current reading research. This is a must-have resource for all students, teachers, reading specialists, and researchers focused on and interested in reading and literacy research, and improving both instruction and programs to cultivate strong readers and teachers.

Table of Contents:

Part One: Game Changers in Reading Research: Setting the Stage

Chapter 1: Game Changers in Reading Research

Part Two: How Increasingly Diversified Populations Change the Game for Readers, Teachers, Leaders, and Reading Researchers

Chapter 2: Demographic Realities and Methodological Flexibility in Literacy Teaching and Research by C. Patrick Proctor, Chris K. Chang-Bacon

Chapter 3: Social and Cultural Diversity as Lens for Understanding Student Learning and the Development of Reading Comprehension by Carol D. Lee

Chapter 4: A Sociocultural Perspective on Readers, Reading, Reading Instruction and Assessment, Reading Policy, and Reading Research by Peter Smagorinsky, Mary Guay, Tisha Lewis Ellison, Arlette I. Willis

Part three: How Do Expanding Forms of Texts and Everyday Communication Change the Game for Readers, Teachers, Leaders, and Reading Researchers?

Chapter 5: Reading Multiple and Non-Traditional Texts: New Opportunities and New Challenges by Ivar Br?ten, Jason L. G. Braasch, Ladislao Salmer