Research

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.