Literacy Research Methodologies

Nell K. Duke, EdD, is Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture and an affiliate of the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on early literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty. Her specific areas of expertise include development of informational literacies in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education. She has used a variety of research methodologies in her own work and teaches courses on research design. Dr. Duke has a strong interest in the preparation of educational researchers and has published and presented on this topic. Marla H. Mallette, PhD, is Associate Professor of Literacy Education at Southern Illinois University. Her research interests include literacy teacher education, literacy instruction and learning with students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the convergence of early literacy and technology. She is very interested in research methodologies and has used various methodologies in her own work. Dr. Mallette has also published and presented on literacy research methodologies and the preparation of literacy researchers.

1. Introduction, Marla H. Mallette and Nell K. Duke
2. Case Study Research, Diane M. Barone
3. Content Analysis: The Past, Present, and Future, James V. Hoffman, Melissa B. Wilson,Ramón A. Martínez, and Misty Sailors
4. Of Correlations and Causes: The Use of Multiple Regression Modeling, Anne E. Cunningham, Keith E. Stanovich, and Andrew Maul
5. Research Methods Unique to Digital Contexts: An Introduction to Virtual Ethnography, Christine M. Greenhow
6. Discourse Analysis: Conversation, Susan Florio-Ruane and Ernest Morrell
7. Discourse Analysis: Written Text, Susan R. Goldman and Jennifer Wiley
8. Ethnographic Research, Victoria Purcell-Gates
9. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design, Frank R. Vellutino and Christopher Schatschneider
10. Revisiting the Connection between Research and Practice Using Formative and Design Experiments, Barbara A. Bradley and David Reinking
11. Historical Research, Norman A. Stahl and Douglas K. Hartman
12. Developing Affective Instrumentation, William A. Henk, Michael C. McKenna, and Kristin Conradi
13. Meta-Analysis, Adriana G. Bus, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, and Suzanne E. Mol
14. Mixed Research Techniques, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and Marla H. Mallette
15. Narrative Approaches: Exploring the Phenomenon and/or Method, M. Kristiina Montero and Rachelle D. Washington
16. Neuroimaging, Jack M. Fletcher, David L. Molfese, Panagiotis G. Simos, Andrew C. Papanicolaou, and Carolyn Denton
17. Single-Subject Experimental Design, Susan B. Neuman
18. Survey Research, James F. Baumann and James J. Bason
19. Verbal Protocols of Reading, Katherine Hilden and Michael Pressley
20. Toward a Pragmatics of Epistemology, Methodology, and Social Theory, Mark Dressman and Sarah J. McCarthey
21. Conclusion, Nell K. Duke and Marla H. Mallette
Appendix: Alphabetical Listing of the Exemplars