Developing Conceptual Knowledge through Oral and Written Language

Richard C. Anderson, EdD, Department of Educational Psychology (Emeritus), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois

Estanislado S. Barrera IV, PhD, School of Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Marco A. Bravo, PhD, Department of Education, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

Jill Castek, PhD, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Mariam Jean Dreher, PhD, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Maria Grant, EdD, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Claire E. Hamilton, PhD, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

Sharon B. Kletzien, PhD, Literacy Department (Emerita), West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Melanie R. Kuhn, PhD, College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Catherine Lammert, PhD, Department of Teaching and Learning, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Diane Lapp, EdD, Department of Teacher Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Stacia L. Long, PhD candidate, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Saúl I. Maldonado, PhD, Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Michael Manderino, PhD, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Leyden High School District 212, Franklin Park, Illinois, and College of Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, PhD, School of Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Brian W. Miller, PhD, Department of Elementary Education, Towson University, Towson, Maryland

Pei- Yu Marian Pan, MA, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois

Paula J. Schwanenflugel, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology (Emerita), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Kim Skinner, PhD, School of Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Jorge L. Solís, PhD, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Jeanne Swafford, PhD, Department of Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, Literacy, and Special Education, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina

Thomas DeVere Wolsey, EdD, Graduate School of Education, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Jo Worthy, PhD, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas