Required Readings

  Required Reading List for LS Potential Professional Developers

 1.     Center on Instruction (2008). Synopsis of “The Power of Feedback.” Portsmouth, NH:RMC Research Corporation: Author. 
 2.     Deshler, D.D., & Lenz, B.K. (1989). The strategies instructional approach international. Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 36(3), 203-224.  
3.     Deshler, D.D., & Schumaker, J.B. (1988). An instructional model for teaching students how to learn. In J.L. Graden, J.E. Zins, & M.J. Curtis (Eds.), Alternative educational delivery systems: Enhancing instructional options for all students. Washington, DC: NASP.  
4.     Deshler, D.D. & Schumaker, J. B.  Lenz, B. K, Bulgren, J. A, Hock, M. F., Knight, J., Ehren, B. J. (2001). Ensuring content area learning by secondary students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research in Practice, 16(2), 96-108.  
5.     Drago-Severson. (2011)  How Adults Learn Forms the Foundation of the Learning Designs Standards. JSD. Vol 32, No. 5. www.learningforward.org.  
6.     Ellis, E.S., Deshler, D.D., Lenz, B.K., Schumaker, J.B., & Clark, F.L. (1991). An instructional model for teaching learning strategies. Focus on Exceptional Children, 23(6), 1-24.  
7.     Fullan, M. (1991). Planning, doing, and coping with change (Chapter 6). In M. Fullan, The New Meaning of Educational Change. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University.  
8.     Fullan, M. (2002). The Change Leader. Educational Leadership, 59(8), 16-21.  
9.     Graner, P., Ault, M., Mellard, D. & Gingerich, R. (2012). EXCERPT Effective Professional Development. Stratenotes, 21(2), 1-4.  
10.  Graner, P. and Deshler, D. (2011). Improving Outcomes for Adolescents with LD, Stratepubs.  
11.  Hock, M. & Deshler, D. D. (2003), Adolescent Literacy: Ensuring that no child is left behind. Stratepubs.  
12.  Knight, J. (2002). Partnership Learning Fieldbook. Lawrence, KS: KU-CRL.  
13.  Knight, J. What Do Good Coaches Do? (2011). Educational Leadership, 69 (2), 18 – 22.  
14.  Learning Forward. (2011). Standards for Professional Learning, Quick Reference Guide. www.learningforward.org.  
15.  Lenz, K. B., Ehren, B. J., Deshler, D. D. (nd). Content Literacy Continuum: A Framework for Improving Adolescent Literacy for All Students. Lawrence, KS: KU-CRL.  
16.  Mizell, H., Hord, S., Killion, J., & Hirsh, S. (2011). New Standards Put the Spotlight on Professional Learning. JDS. Vol 32 No. 4.  
17.  Schumaker, J.B. & Deshler, D.D. (2009). Adolescents with Learning Disabilities as Writers: Are We Selling Them Short?. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 24(2), 81-92.
18.  Schumaker, J. B. & Deshler, D. D. (2005). Teaching Adolescents to be Strategic Learners. Stratepubs, pp. 1-30. 
19.  Schumaker, J. B. & Deshler, D. D. (2009). Using a Tiered Intervention Model in Secondary Schools to Improve Academic Outcomes in Subject-Area Course. In Interventions for Achievement and Behavior Problems in a Three-Tier Model Including RTI (Chapter 23). Maryland: NASP Publications.  
20.  Schumaker, J.B., & Deshler, D.D. (1992). Validation of learning strategy interventions for students with LD: Results of a programmatic research effort. In Bernice Y.L. Wong (Ed.) Contemporary Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities: An International Perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag.  
21.  University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning. (2011). 2011 Awards Book: SIM Leadership Award/SIM Impact Award (pp 11 – 23). Lawrence: KS.