Book Proposals

Reninger, K.B., & Wilkinson, I.A.G., (under review). Making Informed Decisions about Discussions to Promote Quality Talk About Text.  In N. Duke (Ed.). Research-Informed Classroom Series, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH.

Publications

Reninger, K.B. (Writer). (2010). Teaching English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom [DVD]. Available from Teacher Quality Enhancement Program, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Wilkinson, I.A.G., & Reninger, K.B., & Soter, A. (2010). Developing and using a professional development tool to assess the quality of discussions.  National Reading Conference Yearbook, spring 2010.

Reninger, K.B., & Wilkinson, I.A.G. (2010). Using discussions to promote striving readers’ high-level comprehension of literary texts. In J. Collins & T. Gunning (Eds.), Building Struggling Students’ Higher Level Literacy: Practical Ideas, Powerful Solutions.  International Reading Association, Newark, DE.

Reninger, K.B., & Rehark, L. (2009).  Discussions about text in a fourth-grade classroom: Using exploratory talk to promote children’s dialogic identities. Language Arts, 86, (4).

Soter, A. O., Wilkinson, I. A. G., Murphy, P. K., Rudge, L., Reninger, K., & Edwards, M. (2008). What the discourse tells us: Talk and indicators of high-level comprehension. International Journal Educational Research, 47, 372-391.

Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Reninger, K. B. (2006). Talk assessment tool for teachers (TATT). Unpublished document, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Wilkinson, I.A.G., & Reninger, K.B. (2005, August 31). Reading comprehension assessment: Return to the search for the holy grail(s). [Review of the book Children’s Reading Comprehension and Assessment]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 9), Article 1.  

Wilkinson, I.A.G., & Reninger, K.B. (2005, August 31). Reading comprehension assessment: Return to the search for the holy grail(s). [Review of the book Children’s Reading Comprehension and Assessment]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 9), Article 1. 

Selected Research and Teaching Presentations

Wilkinson, I.A.G., Reznitskaya, A., Bourdage, K., Oyler, J. (2016). Toward a more dialogic pedagogy: Improving student learning in science, math, and language arts instruction. Symposium presentation at the American Educational Research Association

Reninger Bourdage, K. (2013). Capitalizing on Exploratory Talk: A Teacher’s Approach to Promoting Dialogic Interactions during Discussions about Non-fiction Text. Paper presentation at the annual Literacy Research Assocation Conference, Dallas, TX, December 2013.

Reninger, K.B., Delozier, D., & Wilkinson, I.A.G., (2010, December), Exploring the role of the teacher in scaffolding striving readers’ discourse in discussions about text. Roundtable presentation at Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association, Forth Worth, TX, December 2, 2010.

Reninger, K.B., (2010). Teaching English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom.  Invited, teaching presentation.  Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, The Ohio State University and Columbus City Schools.  Columbus, OH, April-May 2010.

Wilkinson, I.A.G., Reninger, K.B., & Soter, A. (2009, December).  Learning to enact text-based discussions: Improving the quality of talk in classrooms. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM, December, 2-5, 2009

Reninger, K.B., & Delozier, D. (2009, October).  How do I improve the quality of discussions about text in my classroom?  Techniques for making sure discussions about text promote learning and high-level thinking. Paper presentation to be given at the 14^th Great Lakes International Reading Association’s Regional Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, October, 29-30, 2009.

Reninger, K.B., (2008, November).  Facilitating discussions of read-alouds to promote high-level thinking.  Presentation at the annual Ohio Council of the International Reading Association State Conference, Columbus, November, 2008.

Reninger, K.B., (2007, October). Vocabulary Instruction at the Middle Level.  Invited professional development seminar presented at the Westerville Middle Schools, Westerville, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State>, October, 2007.

Reninger, K.B., (2007, May). Quality Talk during group discussions: A tool for developing high-level thinking about text. Invited professional development session presented at the International Reading Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.

Reninger, K.B., Wilkinson, I.A.G., & Soter, A.O. (2006, April). Are my students engaging in high-level thinking?: Development of a tool for teacher assessment of talk during discussions about text.  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 2006.

Reninger, K.B., (2006, April). On creating a scholarly identity: A discussion of Ernest Boyer’s report, Scholarship Reconsidered. Invited brown bag seminar presented at the School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State>.

Reninger, K.B., (2005, April). Designing discussions to promote high-level thinking and comprehension. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association’s Reading Research Conference, San Antonio, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State>, <st1:date w:st="on" Month="4" Day="30" Y

Wilkinson, I.A.G., & Reninger, K.B., (2005, April). What the approaches look like: A conceptual framework for discussions: making sense of group discussions designed to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada,