writing about reading
Jan and Gerry and Laura and I put this piece together after Jan left CSR (Center for the Study of Reading) and headed up to MSU to work at IRT (Institute for Research on Teaching)—I think??? Jan? Gerry? Laura?
We also wrote a companion piece in WRSTTT, 2nd edition: Pearson, P.… Read the rest
This piece appeared along with several other pieces in a retrospective examination of the 1985 publication, Becoming a Nation of Readers by the Center for the Study of Reading in Boston University’s Journal of Education. Many of the authors of the retrospective also participated in a symposium at the Literacy Research Association just after its publication.… Read the rest
This presentation was given at the University of Wyoming Fall Literacy Conference on September 24, 2010. Focuses on the role of talk in promoting comprehension.
David gave this talk at Vanderbilt University in 2007. It was originally presented at the National Reading Conference in 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. The written form of the talk appears in
Pearson, P.D. (2007). An historical analysis of the impact of educational research on policy and practice: Reading as an illustrative case.… Read the rest
This is the talk I gave at AERA in New Orleans for getting the 2010 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. … Read the rest