Areas of Research

• Language, literacy and literature
• Early childhood education
• Emergent/early literacy
• Writing
• Genre
• Language and literacy across the curriculum
• Informational literacy
• Sociocognitive and sociocultural dimensions of literacy
• Assessment in early childhood education
• Writing and multimodality

Research Activities

• Young Children's Informational Literacy (YCIL)
• Children's Emergent Genres in Contexts Across the Curriculum, K-3

Selected Publications

Recent articles and presentations (downloadable)

• Situated, Social, Active - Rewriting genre in the elementary classroom
• A Longitudinal Case Study of Curriculum Genres, K-3
• Transforming Early Childhood Curriculum Through Inquiry & Informational Literacy
• Writing in "New Times": Why Genre Still Matters, but Differently
• Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Phonological Awareness (PA)
• Preschool Through Elementary Writing

Journal articles
Chapman, M. L., Filipenko, M. J., McTavish, M., & Shapiro, J. (in press). First graders' preferences for narrative and/or information books and perceptions of other boys' and girls' book preferences. Canadian Journal of Education.

Chapman, M. L. (2006). Research in writing, preschool through elementary, 1983-2003. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 6, 7-27.

Chapman, M. L. (2003). Phonemic awareness: Clarifying what we know and implications for practice. Literacy Teaching and Learning, 7, 91-114.

Chapman, M. L. (2002). A longitudinal case study of curriculum genres, K-3. Canadian Journal of Education, 27, 41-64.

Chapman, M. L. (2002). Phonemic awareness in perspective. Canadian Children, 27, 18-25.

Chapman, M. L. (2001). Straight talk about phonological and phonemic awareness. Primary Leadership, 4, 33-42.

Chapman, M. L. (2001). Why is phonemic awareness so hot? Primary Leadership, 4, 29-32.

Chapman, M. L. (2000). The Best Literacy Program? A Thoughtful and Knowledgeable Teacher. Primary Leadership, 2, 23-27.

Books
British Columbia Ministry of Education (M. L. Chapman, Lead Writer). (2000). The primary program: A framework for teaching. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education. Available at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/primary_program/welcome.htm

Book Chapters
Chapman, M. L. (2006). Preschool through elementary writing. In P. Smagorinsky (Ed.), Research on composition: Multiple perspectives on two decades of change (pp. 15-47). New York: Teachers College Press.

Chapman, M. L. (2000). Moving "beyond balance" towards a multidimensional view of school literacy. In M. Taylor (Ed.), Adult literacy NOW (pp. 275-290). Toronto: Irwin.

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