Topic Schedule and
Assigned Discussant
1. Introduction and Overview of Theoretical
Perspectives on Reading Processes:
Week
1: September 8 Discussant:
Trathen
Introduction and Preliminary Information—Rayner
& Pollatsek (Ch. 1)
The Interface of Lexical Competence and Knowledge of
Written Words—Henderson
Continuities in Reading Acquisition, Reading Skill,
and Reading Disability—Perfetti
Study Guide for Week 1 Readings
Key Terms for Week 1 & 2 Readings
Discussion Questions--Henderson
Discussion Questions--Perfetti
Discussion Questions--Rayner & Pollatsek
2. Mature Reading Processes:
Week
2: September 22 Discussant:
Trathen
Reading
Ability—Perfetti (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2)
Reading
Ability—Perfetti (Chapter 3 and Chapter 4)
Week
3: September 29 Discussant:
Trathen
Word
Perception—Rayner & Pollatsek (Ch. 3)
The
Work of the Eyes—Rayner & Pollatsek (Ch. 4)
Week
4: October 6 Discussant:
Trathen
Analyzing
the Reading Process: Use and Uses of Meaning—Adams (Ch. 7)
Adding
the Phonological Processor—Adams (Ch. 8)
3. Beginning Reading Processes:
Week
5: October 13 Discussants:______________________________
Developmental
Steps in Learning to Read—Morris & Bloodgood
Grapheme-Phoneme
Knowledge—Ehri
Week
6: October 20 Discussant:
Trathen
The Representation Problem in Reading
Acquisition—Perfetti
Phonological
Recoding and Self-Teaching: sine qua non of Reading Acquisition—Share
Reading
Ability—Perfetti (Ch. 8){optional reading}
Lexical Quality Hypothesis--Perfetti & Hart {optional reading}
4. Toward Reading Fluency:
Week
7: October 27 Discussants:______________________________
On
the Acquisition of Reading Fluency—Schreiber
Reading
Rate: Theory, Research, and Practical Implications—Carver
Week
8: November 3 Discussant:
Trathen
The Causes of High and Low Reading Achievement—Carver (Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 and Chapter 6)
5. Comprehending Text and Advanced Reading:
Week
9: November 10 Discussants:______________________________
Learning
Words from Context—Nagy, Herman, & Anderson
Conditions
of Vocabulary Acquisition—Beck & McKeown
Teaching
Vocabulary within the Context of Literature—Dole, Sloan, & Trathen
Language
and Reading Success—Biemiller
Teaching Vocabulary--Biemiller {optional reading}
Week
10: November 17 Discussants:______________________________
Comprehension:
Its Nature and Assessment—Barr (Ch. 5)
Schema
Theory—Anderson and Response by Bransford
Development
of Strategic Readers—Paris, Wasik, & Turner
An
Analysis of Spontaneous Study Strategies—Wade, Trathen, & Schraw
The Effects of Strategy Instruction on the Comprehension Performance of At-Risk Readers--Dole, Brown, & Trathen{optional reading}
6.
Brain Research and Reading Processes:
Week
11: November 24 Discussants:______________________________
To
be announced
Reading Ability: Lexical Quality to Comprehension--Perfetti