Research Topics for RE 5710

Pick one before the next class or suggest an alternative; decide whether you will work alone or with a partner or two.

1. The effect of differentiated spelling (word study) instruction on spelling and reading.

2. The impact of early reading intervention on the development of reading skill.

3. Evidence for academic curricula in preschool and kindergarten, or for play centered approaches in preschool and kindergarten.

4. Evidence for differentiated materials for boys and girls in elementary and middle school.

5. The most effective instructional activities to successfully implement writing workshop.

6. The argument for the increasing role of technology in our understanding of what it means to be literate.

7. The assistive role technology can play in developing literacy skill.

8. Effective strategies to use with at-risk students to improve reading and writing.

9. Autism and literacy: What teachers should know about working with autistic children.

10. The most effective instructional activities to successfully implement literature circles with elementary school children.

11. The most effective instructional activities to successfully use wordless picture books.

12. The potential role of art and drama in developing reading skill.

13. Visual response to reading and evidence that these kinds of responses improve learning.

14. What every teacher should know about implementing effective writing instruction.

15. What every teacher should know about the impact of homework on student motivation and learning.