Arnold, D., C. Lonigan, G. Whitehurst, and J. Epstein. (1994).
Accelerating Language Development through Picture Book Reading: Replication and Extension to a videotape-learning format
. Journal of Educational Psychology, 86(2), 235-243.
Atkinson, R. and R. Shiffrin. (1968). Human Memory: A Proposed System and Its Control Processes. In K. Spence and J. Spence (Eds.),
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory
(Volume 2). San Diego: Academic Press. An article discussing memory within a larger book containing learning theory research.
Bandura, A. (1977).
Social Learning Theory
. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. A book that discusses the Social Learning Theory in depth.
Berk, L. (1997).
Child Development
(Fourth Edition). Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon. A child development textbook describing multiple theories of child development and learning theories.
Bruer, J. (1998). Brain Science, Brain Fiction.
Educational Leadership
, 56(3), 14-18. An article covering the myths and facts about the brain and brain theory.
Bruer, J. (1999). In Search of Brain-Based Education.
Phi Delta Kappan
, 89(9), 649-657. An article describing brain-based education for educators. It offers information related to schools and districts that embrace brain-based learning.
Bruning, R., G. Schraw, and R. Ronning. (1999).
Cognitive Psychology and Instruction
(Third Edition). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. A specialized reference for cognitive theory.
Chomsky, Noam. (1972).
Language and Mind
(Second Edition). Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace. Noam Chomsky has written several books about language acquisition. This work parallels language and brain functions.
Clay, Marie. (1997).
An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement
. Reed Publications Limited. A comprehensive book describing techniques for assessing and improving reading skills including Concepts About Print, LetterID, etc.
Clay, Marie. (1972).
Sand
. Birkenhead, Auckland: Heinemann Education Books. A book containing language/reading 'mistakes' to be found by a pre-reader/reader.
Clay, Marie. (1979).
The Concepts About Print Test
. Birkenhead, Auckland: Heinemann Education Books. Full instructions for the administration of the test used with the book, Sand.
Beaver, Joetta. (1999).
Developmental Reading Assessment
. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. An assessment book of folders containing leveled mini-books that can be used from Kindergarten through grade four.
Eggen, Paul and Don Kauchak. (2001).
Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms
. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill Prentice Hall. A graduate level textbook containing current theories and overviews of their application.
Jenson, Eric. (1998).
Teaching with the Brain in Mind
. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. A book which gels the many theories of learning styles and teaching with biology.
Gagne, E., C. Yekovich, and F. Yekovich. (1993).
The Cognitive Psychology of School Learning
(Second Edition). New York: HarperCollins. Describes cognitive theory as it applies to the classroom environment and teaching styles.
Kauchak, D. and P. Eggen. (1998).
Learning and Teaching: Research-Based Methods
(Third Edition). Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon. A book that describes research-based methods of teaching. It supports constructivist theory.
Larson, Nancy. (2001). Saxon Math K:
An Incremental Development
(First Edition). Norman, Oklahoma: Saxon Publishers, Incorporated. A mathematics curriculum for Kindergarten students developed by a West Haven, Connecticut teacher containing over 100 lessons and 14 assessments.
Skinner, B. (1953).
Science and Human Behavior
. New York: Macmillan. A book that delves deeply into behaviorist theory.
The Talking Page Literacy Organization. (1998-2001).
The Twelve Principles for Brain-Based Learning
. [On-line]. Available: http://www.talkingpage.org/ A website supported by the Sonoma County, California school district.
Wiske, Martha S. and Samuel J. Meisels. (1983).
Early Screening Inventory (ESI) Test and Manual
. Columbia University, New York: Teachers College Press.