Verbal Protocols in Literacy Research

Susan E. Israel is the President of University of Saint Francis of Assisi, USA, established as a global reading research institution to celebrate the teaching and learning of reading teachers in under-resources communities around the world. She has been a member of International Reading Association and Literacy Research Association for many years, and is co-editor of Handbook of Research in Reading Comprehension (Israel & Duffy, 2009) and the forthcoming Handbook of Research in Reading Comprehension Volume II (Israel & Cartwright, 2017).

Part I: Conceptual Overview 1. Verbal Protocol Analysis: A Summary of Past Research Trends 2. Advancement of Methodological Approaches 3. Theoretical Review: What is Already Known about Constructively Responsive Reading Part II: Summary of verbal protocol studies 4 . Summary of Methods Employed 5. Summary of Verbal Protocols in Reading 6. Metacognitive Mechanisms: Summary of Cognitive Procedures and Regulation 7. An Analysis of Social Contextual Variables and Social Criterion Part III 8. Constructive Responsivity: Instructional Strategies with Complex Text 9. Verbal Protocol Studies: A Refinement of Methodological Processes