JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

"Teaching Reading to Students with Limited Proficiency in English: a Balanced Approach for the Regular Classroom." Balanced Reading Instruction 2:1 (Spring 1995).

"Identifying and Serving the Gifted Reader." Reading Improvement 30:3 (Fall 1993).

"Why Read Aloud?" Kaleidoscope (Fall 1993).

"Standardized Reading Tests: Concerns, Limitations and Possible Alternatives." Reading Improvement 30:2 (Summer 1993).

"Emergent Literacy and Reading Readiness." Kaleidoscope (Summer 1992).

"Transitions: Teachers Moving into Whole Language." Journal of InstructionalPsychology 18:4 (Winter 1992).

"Teacher-Reported Factors Influencing Reading Instruction." Reading Improvement 27:1 (Spring 1990).

"Theoretical Orientation to Reading and Classroom Practices." Reading Improvement 26:4 (Winter 1989).

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

"Teaching Reading to Students with Limited Proficiency in English." Connecticut Reading Association Annual Conference, Waterbury, CT, October 1995.

"Teaching Reading to Students with LEP: Strategies for the Classroom Teacher." New York State Reading Association Annual Conference, Kiamesha Lake, NY, September 1995.

"Using Bibliotherapy to Help Children Understand Death and Dying." International Reading Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 1995.

"Standardized Reading Tests: Concerns, Limitations and Possible Alternatives." Connecticut State University Research Conference, New Haven, CT, October 1993.

"Reading Theory and Classroom Practice." New York State Reading Association Annual Conference, Kiamesha Lake, NY, November 1990.

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

"Teachers Teaching Teachers." State-wide language arts conference, Southern Connecticut State University, April 1993.

Coordinated SCSU participation in national videoconference on whole language originating from Oklahoma State University, January 1993 and January 1992.

"Literacy in Content Area Instruction." New Haven Public Schools, November 1992.

"Teaching Reading Comprehension: Experience and Text." New Haven Public Schools, November 1992.

"Emergent Literacy." New Haven Public Schools, October 1992.

"Teaching World Identification." New Haven Public Schools, October 1992.

"The Reading-Writing Connection." New Haven Public Schools, October 1992.

DISSERTATION TITLE:

A Descriptive Study of Teacher Beliefs, Teacher Practices and Teacher-Reported Factors Influencing Reading Instruction

INSTITUTION GRANTING ED.D.:

Columbia University