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Alvermann, Donna E.; Hruby, George G. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Presents results of 2 studies on mentoring teacher educators in literacy education. Models alternative ways of representing and evaluating research data. Articulates how these alternative forms of representing data capture the aesthetics of mentoring graduate students in literacy teacher education. Describes the quantitative survey study,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Mentors

Alvermann, Donna E.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1990
Characterizes middle school teachers' discussions of assigned readings from a variety of content area materials. Finds that the teachers' purpose appeared to influence the type of discussion they conducted and that their actual discussions seldom resembled their articulated abstract definitions of a good discussion. (KEH)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Middle Schools
Smith, Lynn C.; Alvermann, Donna E. – 1983
A study examined students' perceptions of what it is that distinguishes effective from ineffective university supervision. Subjects were 83 early childhood education majors enrolled in two field-based reading methods courses offering six weeks of university instruction and four weeks of classroom experience. Students responded to questionnaires…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Methods Courses