Introduction / Marla H. Mallette & Nell K. Duke -- Case study research / Diane M. Barone -- Inferences from correlational data : exploring associations with reading experience / Keith E. Stanovich & Anne E. Cunningham -- Discourse analysis : conversation / Susan Florio-Ruane & Ernest Morrell -- Discourse analysis : written text / Susan R. Goldman & Jennifer Wiley -- Ethnographic research / Victoria Purcell-Gates -- Experimental and quasi-experimental design in literacy research / Frank R. Vellutino & Christopher Schatschneider -- Connecting research and practice using formative and design experiments / David Reinking & Barbara A. Bradley -- Doing historical research on literacy / Norman A. Stahl & Douglas K. Hartman -- Developing affective instrumentation for use in literacy research / William A. Henk & Michael C. McKenna -- Meta-analysis in reading research / Adriana G. Bus & Marinus H. van IJzendoorn -- Neuroimaging in reading research / Jack M. Fletcher, Panagiotis G. Simos, Andrew C. Papanicolaou & Carolyn Denton -- Survey research / James F. Baumann & James J. Bason -- Verbal protocols of reading / Michael Pressley & Katherine Hilden -- Toward a pragmatics of epistemology, methodology, and other people's theories in literacy research / Mark Dressman & Sarah J. McCarthey -- Conclusion / NeIl K. Duke & Marla H. Mallette.
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Publisher description: This volume brings together leading experts to present 13 methodologies widely used in literacy research. Following a consistent format, each chapter describes the methodology at hand, identifies the types of questions and claims for which it is well suited, delineates clear standards for quality, and presents one or more exemplary studies using the methodology.
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