Shelley Stagg Peterson
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization: Elementary and adolescent literacy with a focus on socio-cultural issues in writing and writing assessment
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
1] New Literacies Perspectives and Practices in Teaching and
2] Learning: An Action Research Study Program of research
3] Improving Student Writing through Peer Feedback
4] Oral Language Development in Northern Ontario Primary Classrooms
5] Teachers Learning Together
6] Case Study Research of Teachers’ Writing Instruction and Assessment
7] Scaffolding Elementary Student Writing Success through Teacher Feedback
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Books
Peterson, S. S. (2010). Teaching with graphic novels in grades 4-12 classrooms. Winnipeg, MB: Portage & Main Press.
Peterson, S. S., Booth, D., and Jupiter, C. (Eds.). (2009). Books, media and the internet: Children’s literature for today’s classrooms. Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press.
Chapters in books
Peterson, S. S. (2009). Children’s literature and the new literacies: What about assessment? In S.S. Peterson, D. Booth and C. Jupiter (Eds.), Books, media and the internet: Children’s literature for today’s classrooms, (pp. 177-181). Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press.
Refereed articles
Benevides, T., & Peterson, S. S. (2010). Literacy attitudes, habits and abilities of future teachers. Journal of Education for Teaching, 36(3), 291-302.
Peterson, S.S., & McClay, J. (2010). Assessing and providing feedback for student writing in Canadian classrooms. Assessing Writing, 15(2), 86-99.
Peterson, S. S., McClay, J., & Main, K. (2010). Teaching writing in Canadian middle-grades classrooms: A national study. Middle Grades Research Journal.
Peterson, S. S., Swartz, L., Bodnar, S., Ritchie, S., McCaig, G., Glassford, J., & Dawson, R. (2010). Teachers learning together through collaborative action research. Ontario Action Researcher, 11(1).
Peterson, S. S., Marks Krpan, C., & Swartz, L. (2010). University faculty, colleagues and teachers’ federation as mentors in collaborative action research. McGill Journal of Education.
Peterson, S. S. (2009). The quiet voices of children’s literature amidst the roar of new literacies. Georgia Journal of Reading 32(1), 24-27.
Peterson, S. S., & Slotta, J. (2009). Saying yes to online learning: A first-time experience teaching an online graduate course in literacy education. Literacy Research and Instruction, 48(1), 1-17.
Non-refereed articles
Peterson, S. S. (2009). Professional development through an online literacy journal focusing on classroom-based research in Ontario. In C. Rolheiser. (Ed.), Partnerships for professional learning: Literacy and numeracy initiatives. (pp. 51-57). Toronto, ON: OISE Initial Teacher Education Program.
Technical writings/reports
Peterson, S. S. (2010). Feedback as a teaching tool for improving student writing. What Works? Research into Practice. Toronto, ON: Ontario Ministry of Education.
Peterson, S. S., Marks Krpan, C., & Swartz, L. (2009). Teachers learning together. Report submitted to the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. (20 pages).