Areas of Specialization
Articles
Fassler, R. (2005). Debriefing interviews as a research
tool with young children. (Research Sidebar). Language Arts, 82 (6)
438.
Fassler, R. (2001). “Snow fighting with spring”: Building on
young English Language Learners’ thinking. Childhood Education, 78,
1, 25-29.
Fassler, R. (2000). Teacher education students' understandings
of developmentally appropriate practice in the real world: Analysis
and implications. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 21,
3, 355-364.
Fassler, R. (1998). Room for talk: Peer support for getting into
English in an ESL kindergarten. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
13(3), 379-409.
Fassler, R. (March 1998). "Let's do it again!": Peer
collaboration in picture book reading among ESL kindergarten
children. Language Arts, 75(3), 202-210
Fassler, R. (1995). [Review of Social worlds of children
learning to write in an urban primary school]. The Quarterly of the
National Writing Project & the Center for the Study of Writing
and Literacy, 17, (2), 30-33.
Book
Fassler, R. (2003). Room for talk: Teaching and learning in
a multilingual kindergarten. New York: Teachers College Press.
Book Chapters
Fassler, R. & Levin, D. (2007). Envisioning and supporting the
play of preschoolers: What the frame does to the picture. In C.
Genishi & A. L. Goodwin (Eds.), Diversities in Early Childhood
Education: Rethinking and Doing. London: Routledge Falmer.
Genishi, C. & Fassler, R. (1999). Oral language in the early
childhood classroom: Building on diverse foundations. In C.
Seefeldt (Ed.) The early childhood curriculum: Current findings in
theory and practice, 3rd edition. NY: Teachers College Press.
Genishi, C., Dyson, A. H. & Fassler, R. (1993). Language and
diversity in early childhood: Whose voices are appropriate? In B.L.
Mallory & R. S. New (Eds.), Diversity and developmentally
appropriate practices. NY: Teachers College Press.
Recent Presentations
Fassler, R. (2007, November). Helping teacher education students
understand how to plan, implement, and document an inquiry-based
project that encourages young children's initiative and active
engagement. National Association of Early Childhood Teacher
Educators Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Fassler, R. (2006, June). Multiple Perspectives on a
University-School-Parent Collaboration in a Literacy Backpack
Project. National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Fassler, R. (2003, November). Enhancing social/emotional
competence & forging meaningful home-school connections in
prekindergarten: Examining the role of routines. National
Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference,
Chicago, IL.