JCCL Directors' Publications
Publications from the directors of the Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy.
Dr. Colleen Mulholland, Interim Director
Dr. Lori Norton-Meier, Director from 2020 - 2026
Dr. Deborah Tidwell, Director from 2019 - 2020
Dr. Salli Forbes, Director from 2010 - 2019
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Submissions from 2023
Developmental moments: Teacher decision making to support young writers., Lori Norton-Meier and Kathryn F. Whitmore
Books from 2020
Clinical Partnerships in Urban Elementary School Settings: An Honest Celebration of the Messy Realities in the Preparation of Teachers, Lori Norton-Meier and Mikkaka Overstreet
Submissions from 2019
Immersive Approaches to Science Argumentation and Literacy: What Does it Mean to “Live” the Languages of Science?, Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, and Andy Cavagnetto
Breaking Free From The Needs Paradigm: A Collaborative Analysis Of Inclusion, Edda Óskarsdóttir, Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir, and Deborah Tidwell
Submissions from 2018
I Will Just SWH It: The Learning Lens of Teachers as They Engage in the Exploration of Argument-Based Inquiry, Lori Norton-Meier and Brian Hand
Submissions from 2017
Teacher Roles of Questioning in Early Elementary Science Classrooms: A Framework Promoting Student Cognitive Complexities in Argumentation, Lori Norton-Meier, Ying Chih Chen, and Brian Hand
More Voices from the Classroom: International Teachers’ Experience with Argument-Based Inquiry, Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, and Jeong-Yoon Jang
The Collaborative Process in Educators’ Self-Study of Practice, Amy Staples and Deborah Tidwell
Submissions from 2016
Aligning Teaching to Learning: A 3-Year Study Examining the Embedding of Language and Argumentation into Elementary Science Classrooms, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Murat Gunel, and Recai Akkus
Self-Study and Diversity II: Inclusive Teacher Education for a Diverse World, Deborah Tidwell, Linda Fitzgerald, and Julian Kitchen
Books from 2015
Changing Minds, Changing Schools, Changing Systems: Comprehensive Literacy Design for School Improvement, Linda J. Dorn, Salli Forbes, Mary Ann Poparad, and Barbara Schubert
Integrating Science and Literacy for Young English Learners: A Pilot Study, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Yuliya Ardasheva, Thomas R. Tretter, and Sherri L. Brown
Negotiation, Embeddedness, and Non-Threatening Learning Environments as Themes of Science and Language Convergence for English Language Learners, Lori Norton-Meier, Yuliya Ardasheva, and Brian Hand
Developmental Moments: Teacher Decision Making to Support Young Writers, Lori Norton-Meier and Kathryn F. Whitmore
Submissions from 2014
"So My Grandpa Knows What Way to Drive the Tractor" Children Engage Rural Ways of Knowing, Lori Norton-Meier
Grade 5 Students’ Online Argumentation about Their In-Class Inquiry Investigations, Lori Norton-Meier, Aeran Choi, and Brian Hand
When the Water Goes Bad and Other Essential Reasons to Argue and Write About Science in Elementary Classrooms, Lori Norton-Meier and Brian Hand
Familial Reality Engendering Feminism: The Impact Of A Matriarchal Upbringing On Thinking About Teaching And Learning, Deborah L. Tidwell, Pamela T. Schwartz, and Janet T. Dunn
Submissions from 2013
Different Voices, Many Journeys: Explorations Of The Transformative Nature Of The Self-Study Of Teacher Education Practices, Susan E. Elliott-Johns and Deborah L. Tidwell
Analysis of Discourse Practices in Elementary Science Classrooms using Argument-Based Inquiry During Whole-Class Dialogue, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Matthew J. Benus, Morgan B. Yarker, and Brian M. Hand
Examining Teacher Actions Supportive of Cross-Disciplinary Science and Literacy Development among Elementary Students, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, and Yuliya Ardasheva
Engaging Parents as Researchers to Support Children’s Language and Literacy Development., Lori A. Norton-Meier and Kathryn F. Whitmore
Finding—and Seeing—Third Spaces in a School-University Partnership, Lori Norton-Meier and Corey Drake
Response To Intervention: Following Three Reading Recovery Children On Their Individual Paths To Becoming Literate, Evelyn A. O'Connor, Connie Briggs, and Salli Forbes
Submissions from 2011
Redefining What Counts as Literacy to Include Family and Community Resources, Lori Norton-Meier and Corey Drake
Voices from the Classroom: Elementary Teachers' Experience with Argument-Based Inquiry, Lori Norton-Meier and Brian Hand
Creating A Professional Learning Community Through Self-Study, Deborah L. Tidwell, Lisa Wymore, Anel Garza, Maricruz Estrada, and Howard L. Smith
Submissions from 2010
When Third Space is More than the Library: The Complexities of Theorising and Learning to use Family and Community Resources to Teach Elementary Literacy and Mathematics, Lori A. Norton-Meier and Corey Drake
Creative Writing and Promoting Understanding in Science: Alternative Ways to Interest Students in Writing about Science, Lori Norton-Meier, Hakan Akcay, and Brian Hand
Professional Development in Teaching Disciplinary Writing in the Context of International Science Reform Efforts, Lori A. Norton-Meier, Christine D. Tippett, Brian Hand, and Larry D. Yore
Negotiating the Inquiry Question: A Comparison of Whole Class and Small Group Strategies in Grade Five Science Classrooms, Lori Norton-Meier, Andy R. Cavagnetto, and Brian Hand
Research Methods for the Self-Study of Practice, Deborah Tidwell, Melissa Heston, and Linda Fitzgerald
Submissions from 2009
Orientation To A New Book: More Than A Picture Walk, Connie Briggs and Salli Forbes
In Defense of Crappy Literature: When the Book Is Bad but the Literary Thinking Is Rich!, Lori A. Norton-Meier
Writing a Mathematics Community: A Pen Pal Inquiry Project, Lori Norton-Meier, Corey Drake, and Mary Tidwell
Pedagogy, Implementation, and Professional Development for Teaching Science Literacy: How Students and Teachers Know and Learn, Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Andy Cavagnetto, Recai Akkus, and Murat Gunel
Negotiating Science: The Critical Role of Argument in Student Inquiry, Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Jay Staker, and Jody Bintz
Singing in Science: Writing and Recording Student Lyrics to Express Learning, Lori Norton-Meier and Sara D. Nelson
Submissions from 2008
Creating Border Convergence Between Science and Language: A Case for the Science Writing Heuristic, Lori Norton-Meier
Pearl and Ronda: Revaluing Mothers' Literate Lives to Imagine New Relationships Between Homes and Elementary Schools, Lori A. Norton-Meier and Kathryn F. Whitmore
Questions, Claims, & Evidence: The Important Place of Argument in Children’s Science Writing, Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Lynn Hockenberry, and Kim Wise
Transforming Pedagogy: Embedding Language Practices Within Elementary Science Classrooms, Lori Norton-Meier, Lynn Hockenberry, Sara Nelson, and Kim Wise
Books from 2006
Self-Study and Diversity, Deborah Tidwell, Linda Fitzgerald, and Julian Kitchen
Submissions from 2005
Joining the Video‐Game Literacy Club: A Reluctant Mother Tries to Join the “Flow”, Lori Norton-Meier
A Thrice-Learned Lesson from the Literate Life of a Five-Year-Old, Lori A. Norton-Meier
“Trust the Fungus”: Lessons in Media Literacy Learned From the Movies, Lori A. Norton-Meier
Submissions from 2004
A Technology User's Bill of Rights: Lessons Learned in Chat Rooms, Lori A. Norton-Meier
The Bumper Sticker Curriculum: Learning From Words on the Backs of Cars, Lori A. Norton-Meier
"Reading" Miss Moonbeam: Lessons Learned from a Mannequin, Lori Norton-Meier and Lori Atkins Goodson
Books from 2003
Research in Reading Recovery: Volume 2, Salli Forbes and Connie Briggs
To Efoliate or Not to Efoliate? The Rise of the Electronic Portfolio in Teacher Education, Lori Norton-Meier
Motor Oil, Civil Disobedience, and Media Literacy, Lori Norton-Meier and F. Todd Goodson
Submissions from 2000
Welcome to PKTI, Lori A. Norton-Meier and Kathryn F. Whitmore
