Projects
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
BC Ministry of Education (in process). Primary Program: A Framework for Teaching, (M. Chapman, Lead Researcher). Victoria, BC. Available at http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/primary_program/
BC Ministry of Education (2010). Full day kindergarten program guide (M. Chapman, Lead Researcher & Author). Victoria, BC. Available athttp://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/early_learning/fdk/
Chapman, M. L., Filipenko, M. J., McTavish, M., & Shapiro, J. (2007). First graders’ preferences for narrative and/or information books and perceptions of other boys’ and girls’ book preferences. Canadian Journal of Education, 30, 531-553.
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. (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. (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.
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.