Michelle Commeyras
Biographic Data
| ID | 2012501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Commeyras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Commeyras |
| SIGNATURE | COMMEYRAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
An integrative review of teaching reading in Kenyan primary schools
S This integrative review on the teaching of reading in Kenyan primary schools provides a foundation for the growing movement there to improve reading education. In gathering sources for this review, we took an inclusive historical stance. Thus, we did not dismiss research reports that lacked traditional indicators of quality such as being published in peer‐reviewed journals. We used multiple methods to find relevant research and associated docum…
Reading Reading Research
Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III . Edited by Michael Kamil, Peter B. Mosenthal, P. David Pearson, and Rebecca Barr. 2000
Assessing Botswana's first national survey on literacy with Wagner's proposed schema for surveying literacy in the ‘Third World’
Imagine Life in Another Country on Another Continent
As I wake up in my new country of Botswana, it is humid, but peaceful. (Andy, the University of Georgia) I have been a citizen of Botswana, which is located in the Southern part of Africa for two decades, and I have never been so free in life until this morning when I woke up and found myself as a citizen of America. (Nomsa, the University of Botswana) I woke up this morning to the crowing of birds and the moaning of cows. (Alissa, the University…
What If I Woke up as the Other Sex? Batswana Youth Perspectives on Gender
The article focuses on 50 essays written by young people, aged 14-20, in Botswana, Africa, about how life would change if they were to wake up one day and find themselves a member of the other sex. The youth are peer counselors in a Young Women's Christian Association's program, 'Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens' (PACT), which is used in schools. Twenty-five of the essays were written by males and 25 by females. Conventional qualitative analy…
Literacy Professionals' Perspectives on Professional Development and Pedagogy
S This study sought insights into literacy professionals' perspectives on current trends in literacy teaching and learning. The questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of K‐12 teachers, reading specialists, administrators, library‐media specialists, and teacher educators in the U.S. Results are based on 1,519 responses. The report discusses findings in terms of professional development (reading professional literature, teacher education, and …
Reading about Women in World History Textbooks from One Feminist Perspective
The purpose of this study was to analyze the content on women in three secondary school world history textbooks used in the USA from one feminist perspective. The analyses involved recursively reading, coding, and interpreting all of the content pertaining to women across the three texts. The macroanalysis yielded a 16-category coding scheme that reflected the areas most emphasized in the presentation of women's contributions to world history, at…
What Do Feminist Theories Have to Offer to Literacy, Education, and Research
The authors share how feminist theories affect their own work and explore the influence of feminist methodologies on classroom research
Assessment and Decision Making in Schools
Diane Stephens, P. David Pearson, Colleen Gilrane, Mary Roe, Anne C. Stallman, Judith Shelton, Janelle Weinzierl, Alicia Rodriguez, Michelle Commeyras, Assessment and Decision Making in Schools: A Cross-Site Analysis, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul. - Aug. - Sep., 1995), pp. 478-499
What can we learn from students' questions
1995). What can we learn from students’ questions? Theory Into Practice: Vol. 34, Learning from Student Voices, pp. 101-106
Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey
(1994). Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey: Challenges for Multicultural Literacy. The Social Studies: Vol. 85, No. 6, pp. 268-274
Four Measures of Topical Knowledge
Sheila W. Valencia, Anne C. Stallman, Michelle Commeyras, P. David Pearson, Douglas K. Hartman, Four Measures of Topical Knowledge: A Study of Construct Validity, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer, 1991), pp. 204-233
Analyzing a critical-thinking reading lesson
Reading about Women in World History Textbooks from One Feminist Perspective
The purpose of this study was to analyze the content on women in three secondary school world history textbooks used in the USA from one feminist perspective. The analyses involved recursively reading, coding, and interpreting all of the content pertaining to women across the three texts. The macroanalysis yielded a 16-category coding scheme that reflected the areas most emphasized in the presentation of women's contributions to world history, at…
What If I Woke up as the Other Sex? Batswana Youth Perspectives on Gender
The article focuses on 50 essays written by young people, aged 14-20, in Botswana, Africa, about how life would change if they were to wake up one day and find themselves a member of the other sex. The youth are peer counselors in a Young Women's Christian Association's program, 'Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens' (PACT), which is used in schools. Twenty-five of the essays were written by males and 25 by females. Conventional qualitative analy…
What can we learn from students' questions
1995). What can we learn from students’ questions? Theory Into Practice: Vol. 34, Learning from Student Voices, pp. 101-106
Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey
(1994). Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey: Challenges for Multicultural Literacy. The Social Studies: Vol. 85, No. 6, pp. 268-274
Assessing Botswana's first national survey on literacy with Wagner's proposed schema for surveying literacy in the ‘Third World’
What Do Feminist Theories Have to Offer to Literacy, Education, and Research
The authors share how feminist theories affect their own work and explore the influence of feminist methodologies on classroom research
Literacy Professionals' Perspectives on Professional Development and Pedagogy
S This study sought insights into literacy professionals' perspectives on current trends in literacy teaching and learning. The questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of K‐12 teachers, reading specialists, administrators, library‐media specialists, and teacher educators in the U.S. Results are based on 1,519 responses. The report discusses findings in terms of professional development (reading professional literature, teacher education, and …
Imagine Life in Another Country on Another Continent
As I wake up in my new country of Botswana, it is humid, but peaceful. (Andy, the University of Georgia) I have been a citizen of Botswana, which is located in the Southern part of Africa for two decades, and I have never been so free in life until this morning when I woke up and found myself as a citizen of America. (Nomsa, the University of Botswana) I woke up this morning to the crowing of birds and the moaning of cows. (Alissa, the University…
Four Measures of Topical Knowledge
Sheila W. Valencia, Anne C. Stallman, Michelle Commeyras, P. David Pearson, Douglas K. Hartman, Four Measures of Topical Knowledge: A Study of Construct Validity, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer, 1991), pp. 204-233
Analyzing a critical-thinking reading lesson
Four Measures of Topical Knowledge
Sheila W. Valencia, Anne C. Stallman, Michelle Commeyras, P. David Pearson, Douglas K. Hartman, Four Measures of Topical Knowledge: A Study of Construct Validity, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer, 1991), pp. 204-233
Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey
(1994). Messages That High School World History Textbooks Convey: Challenges for Multicultural Literacy. The Social Studies: Vol. 85, No. 6, pp. 268-274
Assessment and Decision Making in Schools
Diane Stephens, P. David Pearson, Colleen Gilrane, Mary Roe, Anne C. Stallman, Judith Shelton, Janelle Weinzierl, Alicia Rodriguez, Michelle Commeyras, Assessment and Decision Making in Schools: A Cross-Site Analysis, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul. - Aug. - Sep., 1995), pp. 478-499
What can we learn from students' questions
1995). What can we learn from students’ questions? Theory Into Practice: Vol. 34, Learning from Student Voices, pp. 101-106
Reading about Women in World History Textbooks from One Feminist Perspective
The purpose of this study was to analyze the content on women in three secondary school world history textbooks used in the USA from one feminist perspective. The analyses involved recursively reading, coding, and interpreting all of the content pertaining to women across the three texts. The macroanalysis yielded a 16-category coding scheme that reflected the areas most emphasized in the presentation of women's contributions to world history, at…
What Do Feminist Theories Have to Offer to Literacy, Education, and Research
The authors share how feminist theories affect their own work and explore the influence of feminist methodologies on classroom research
Literacy Professionals' Perspectives on Professional Development and Pedagogy
S This study sought insights into literacy professionals' perspectives on current trends in literacy teaching and learning. The questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of K‐12 teachers, reading specialists, administrators, library‐media specialists, and teacher educators in the U.S. Results are based on 1,519 responses. The report discusses findings in terms of professional development (reading professional literature, teacher education, and …
What If I Woke up as the Other Sex? Batswana Youth Perspectives on Gender
The article focuses on 50 essays written by young people, aged 14-20, in Botswana, Africa, about how life would change if they were to wake up one day and find themselves a member of the other sex. The youth are peer counselors in a Young Women's Christian Association's program, 'Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens' (PACT), which is used in schools. Twenty-five of the essays were written by males and 25 by females. Conventional qualitative analy…
Reading Reading Research
Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III . Edited by Michael Kamil, Peter B. Mosenthal, P. David Pearson, and Rebecca Barr. 2000
Assessing Botswana's first national survey on literacy with Wagner's proposed schema for surveying literacy in the ‘Third World’
Imagine Life in Another Country on Another Continent
As I wake up in my new country of Botswana, it is humid, but peaceful. (Andy, the University of Georgia) I have been a citizen of Botswana, which is located in the Southern part of Africa for two decades, and I have never been so free in life until this morning when I woke up and found myself as a citizen of America. (Nomsa, the University of Botswana) I woke up this morning to the crowing of birds and the moaning of cows. (Alissa, the University…
An integrative review of teaching reading in Kenyan primary schools
S This integrative review on the teaching of reading in Kenyan primary schools provides a foundation for the growing movement there to improve reading education. In gathering sources for this review, we took an inclusive historical stance. Thus, we did not dismiss research reports that lacked traditional indicators of quality such as being published in peer‐reviewed journals. We used multiple methods to find relevant research and associated docum…
Psychology (11 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literacy (4 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)