Research Resources

Featured Articles, Papers, and Books

“Development Continuum for Literacy” by Margaret Y. Phinney, EdD and Gay C. Ward, PhD

“Choices and Voices: A Developmental View of Guided Choice” by Gay C. Ward, PhD and Crystal Dahlmeier

“The Effect of Props on Story Retells in the Classroom” by Marie A. Stadler, PhD and Gay C. Ward, PhD

“Reading Begins at Birth: Supporting ‘Readers’ in Their Earliest Explorations” by Gay C. Ward, PhD and Margaret Y. Phinney, EdD

“Rediscovering Joyfulness” by Gay C. Ward, PhD and Crystal Dahlmeier

“Supporting the Narrative Development of Young Children” by Marie A. Stadler, PhD and Gay C. Ward, PhD

Evidence Based Practice: The Other Science of Reading

Meyer, Richard J. (2001). Phonics Exposed: Understanding and Resisting Systematic Direct Intense Phonics Instruction.
Taylor & Francis Group.

Bowman, Frances (2013). The Influence of Montessori-Based Literacy Instruction and Methods on Reading Achievement of Students in Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 1933.

vos Savant, Marilyn (2022, September 25). Why do some people read faster than others? “Ask Marilyn” column, Parade.
https://parade.com/magazine/reading-speed

Weaver, K. (Nov, 2022). The Science of Reading is Not Enough. MontessoriPublic. 
https://www.montessoripublic.org/2022/11/the-science-of-reading-isnt-enough/

Aukerman, M. (2022). The Science of Reading and the Media: Does the Media Draw on High-Quality Reading Research? 
Literacy Research Association Critical Conversations.

McKenna, Michael C., & Picard, Michelle Cournoyer (2006). Revisiting the Role of Miscue Analysis in Effective Teaching. 
The Reading Teacher.

Kim, J. S., Burkhauser, M. A., Relyea, J. E., Gilbert, J. B., Scherer, E., Fitzgerald, J., Mosher, D., & McIntyre, J. (2023). A longitudinal randomized trial of a sustained content literacy intervention from first to second grade: Transfer effects on students’ reading comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115(1), 73–98. 

Tierney, R. J. & Pearson, P. D. (2024). Fact-checking the Science of Reading: Opening up the Conversation. Literacy Research
Commons. https://literacyresearchcommons.org.

Dahlmeier, C. & Woods, C. S. (2024). Early Literacy Handbook: What Children Need to Become Literate: A Step-By-Step Guide.