Presentations
Murphy, P. K., Soter, A. O., & Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2004, January). Group discussions as a mechanism for promoting high-level comprehension of text. Paper presented at the Reading Comprehension Principal Investigators meeting, Institute of Education Sciences, Washington, DC.
Murphy, P. K., Wilkinson, I. A., & Soter, A. O. (2004, April). Making sense of group discussions: A conceptual framework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Murphy, P. K., Soter, A. O., & Wilkinson, I. A. (2004, July). Making sense of group discussions: A conceptual framework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Murphy, P. K. (2004, September). Making sense of group discussions designed to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Paper presented at the Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
Soter, A. O., & Shen, V. (2005, February). Deconstructing the ‘aesthetic’ in students’ responses to literary texts. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Mid-Winter Conference, Columbus, OH.
Soter, A. O., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Reninger, K. (2005, February). Who’s doing the talking and why does it matter? Small-group discussions about literature to promote students’ high-level thinking and comprehension. Paper presented at the Dublin Literacy Conference, Dublin City Schools, Dublin, OH.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Reninger, K. B. (2005, April). What the approaches look like: A conceptual framework for discussions. In M. Nystrand (Chair), Making sense of group discussions designed to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Murphy, P. K., & Edwards, M. E. (2005, April). What the studies tell us: A meta-analysis of discussion approaches. In M. Nystrand (Chair), Making sense of group discussions designed to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Soter, A. O., & Rudge, L. (2005). What the discourse tells us: Talk and indicators of high-level comprehension. In M. Nystrand (Chair), Making sense of group discussions designed to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Reninger, K. B., & Murphy, P. K. (2005, May). Engaging students in discussions to promote high-level comprehension of texts. Invited paper presented at the Research Conference of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Murphy, P. K., & Soter, A. O., (2005, June). Group discussions as a mechanism for promoting high-level comprehension of text. Paper presented at the Reading Comprehension Principal Investigators meeting, Institute of Education Sciences, Washington, DC.
Soter, A. O., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Murphy, P. K. (2005, July). Making sense of group discussions designed to promote literate thinking. Paper presented at the joint conference of the Australian Association of Teacher Educators and the Australian Literacy Educators Association, Broadbeach, Australia.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Murphy, P. K., & Soter, A. O. (2005, August). Group discussions as learning environments for promoting high-level comprehension of texts. Paper presented at the eleventh biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Reninger, K. B, Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Soter, A. O. (2006, April). Are my students engaging in high-level thinking? Development of a tool for teacher assessment of talk during discussions about text. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Soter, A. O. (2006, April). Learning in classroom—discourse and learning: Some thoughts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Murphy, P. K. (2006, July). ‘thenken talk': A design for discussions to promote high-level comprehension of text. Invited paper presented at the second annual University of California Summer Institute in Reading, Berkeley, CA.
Murphy, P. K. (2007, April). (Discussant). Children’s engagement in free-flowing discussions. Discussion presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Murphy, P. K., & Edwards, M. N. (2007, April). Exploring potential mechanisms for the solidification of fragile understandings. In P. A. Alexander (Chair), Fragile understanding: When good ideas go bad. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Soter. A. O., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Murphy, P.K. (2007, April). Intertextuality and shared knowledge in dialogically-rich classroom discussions: Where the heck are you? In M. Haneda (Chair), Learning over time and space: Conceptual and methodological issues in the investigation of classroom discourse. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Murphy, P. K. (2007, May). Development of a model of quality talk about text. Invited paper presented at the Festschrift of Isabel Beck, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Murphy, P. K. (2007, June). Quality talk about text: Classroom discussions that promote students' high-level thinking and reading comprehension. Invited paper presented at the annual conference of the Office of Reading Improvement, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH.
Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2007, August). Developing a conceptual framework for classroom discussions about text. In K. Kumpulainen (Chair), Examining the potential of classroom discussions to promote high-level comprehension of text: Toward an integrative model. Symposium presented at the twelfth biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.
Murphy, P. K., & Edwards, M. N. (2007, August). A meta-analysis of the effects of classroom discussions on students’ comprehension of text. In K. Kumpulainen (Chair), Examining the potential of classroom discussions to promote high-level comprehension of text: Toward an integrative model. Symposium presented at the twelfth biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.
Soter, A. O., Rudge, L., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Murphy, P. K. (2007, August). Analysis of the discourse of classroom discussions about text. In K. Kumpulainen (Chair), Examining the potential of classroom discussions to promote high-level comprehension of text: Toward an integrative model. Symposium presented at the twelfth biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., & Murphy, P. K. (2007, August). Promoting high-level comprehension through quality talk: A quasi-experimental study. In K. Kumpulainen (Chair), Examining the potential of classroom discussions to promote high-level comprehension of text: Toward an integrative model. Symposium presented at the twelfth biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.
Murphy, P. K., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Soter, A. O. (2007, December). Examining the influence of contextual and individual difference variables in discussions about text. In J. M. Kulikowich (Chair), Enhancing students’ text comprehension: Interventions that work. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter, A. O., Murphy, P. K., & Li, J. (2008, March). Promoting high-level comprehension of text through quality talk: A quasi-experimental study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Murphy, P. K., Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Soter, A. O. (2008, December). Group discussions as a mechanism for promoting high-level comprehension of text. Paper presented at the Benchmark School, Philadelphia, PA.
Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2009, February). Quality Talk about text to promote high-level reading comprehension. Invited paper presented at the Research Conference of the International Reading Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2009, May). Understanding, evaluating, and promoting Quality Talk about text. Presentation given to Literacy Collaborative University Trainers Annual Meeting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Soter A. O., Murphy, P. K., & Li. J. (2009, August). Quality Talk about text to promote language, thinking, and learning. In P. Warwick (Chair), Understanding, promoting and evaluating dialogue in the classroom. Symposium presented at the thirteenth biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., Reninger, K. B., & Soter, A. O. (2009, December). Understanding and enhancing talk during discussions about text. In S. E. Scott (Chair), Learning to enact text-based discussions: Improving the quality of talk in classrooms. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Tsai, H.-F., & Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2010, May). Why should discussion affect reading comprehension? An analysis of theoretical frameworks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Wilkinson, I. A. G., & Son, E. H. (2010, July). What's new about research on learning and teaching to comprehend? The fourth wave. Paper presented at the 23rd World Congress on Reading, Auckland, New Zealand.
Reninger, B., Delozier, D., & Wilkinson, I. A. G., (2010, December). Exploring the role of the teacher in scaffolding striving readers’ participation and discourse in discussions about text. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Wilkinson, I. A. G. (2011, May). Questions and answers about classroom discussion: The what, why, and how of productive talk about text. In K. Ganske (Chair), Discussions that matter: Fostering critical reading, critical thinking, and critical literacy across the grades. Institute to be presented at the annual convention of the International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.