Center Staff Publications

Griffin Center senior staff members, Dr. Lynn Waldorf, Dr. Kim Atwill and Susan McGreevy-Nichols, are authors and noted contributors in the fields of arts education, early language acquisition and literacy development. A list of select books, articles, reports and white papers is presented below. Please contact the Center for more information.

 

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For January 2010 Release

 

Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

By Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague, and Susan McGreevy-Nichols

 

Tools to springboard discussion about the meaning of performance and production in dance
Expose your students to a wide variety of dance styles and forms—without leaving the classroom!
Multimedia package promotes students’ understanding of cultural, historic, and artistic diversity
Help students analyze characteristics of dance across a variety of diverse cultures

Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance, will help you

  • educate your students about 60 different dance forms and styles,
  • meet selected state dance standards and national dance standards, and
  • include dance in your curriculum—whether or not you know how to dance yourself!


Books and Book Chapters

  • Catterall, J. & Waldorf, L. (1999). The Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education: Summary evaluation. In E. B. Fiske (Ed.), Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning. Washington, DC: The Arts Education Partnership.
  • McGreevy-Nichols, S., Scheff, H. & Sprague, M. (2005). Building Dances: A Guide to Putting Dances Together, 2nd Edition. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • McGreevy-Nichols, S., Scheff, H. & Sprague, M. (2001). Building More Dances. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Ray, L. & Atwill, K. (2005) The Web and special education. In J. Blanchard & J. Marshall (Eds.). Web-based Learning in the K-12 Classroom: Opportunities and Challenges. New York: Haworth Press.
  • Scheff, H., Sprague, M. & McGreevy-Nichols, S. (in press). Exploring Dance Styles and Forms. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Scheff, H., Sprague, M. & McGreevy-Nichols, S. (2005). Experiencing Dance. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Sprague, M., Scheff, H. & McGreevy-Nichols, S. (2006). Dance About Anything. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Waldorf, L. (in press). Principal Dynamics of a Teaching Artist Residency: Mentorship, Collaboration and Assessment. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag.
  • Waldorf, L. (2008). Designing an in-school teaching artist training program. In Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou.


Research Journal and News Articles

  • Atwill, K., Blanchard, J., Christie, J., & Garcia, H. (in press). English-language Learners: Implications of limited vocabulary for cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness with kindergartners. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
  • Atwill, K., Blanchard, J, Gorin, J., & Burstein, K. (2007). L1 receptive vocabulary influences cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness skills in kindergarteners. Journal of Educational Research, 100(6), 336-345.
  • Atwill, K., Briggs, S. & Gallucci, M. (2003) Bridges in Arizona: Readying minds for reading. Odyssey, 5(1), 67-71.
  • Besken-Ergisi, M., You, B.K., Atwill, K., Blanchard, J., Christie, J., & Enz, B. (2007). Navajo Nation Head Start teachers’ perspectives on play, literacy, and development. E-Journal of Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings, 4(1).
  • Millet, J., Atwill, K., Gorin, J., & Blanchard, J. (2008). The validity of receptive and expressive vocabulary measures with Spanish-speaking kindergarteners learning English. Reading Psychology, 29(6), 534-551.
  • Murawski, W., Boyer, L., Melchiorre, B., & Atwill, K. (under review). Is theory matching practice? A state-level analysis of co-teaching. Exceptional Children.
  • Waldorf, L. (2007). Principal dynamics of a teaching artist training program: mentoring, collaboration and assessment. Arts & Learning Research Journal, 23(1), 107-134.
  • Waldorf, L. (2005). Assessment training for teaching artists. Arts & Learning Research Journal, 21(1), 63-89.
  • Waldorf, L. (2003). The makings of a teaching artist, Teaching Artist Journal, 1(1), 13-18.
  • Waldorf, L. (2001). A boost for arts education, Santa Monica Mirror, May 9.

Technical Reports

  • Armory Center for the Arts (2002). California Arts Council Demonstration Grant: Year I evaluation. Waldorf, L.
  • Chancellor's Office of California State University (2001). CSU Summer Arts 2000: Program effectiveness for career preparation. Waldorf, L.
  • Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education. (2001). The professional artist as public school educator. Waldorf, L.
  • Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (2000). CAPE II partnerships: Year I evaluation of eleven new partnerships. Catterall, J. & Waldorf, L.
  • Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (1999). CAPE summary evaluation report. Catterall, J. & Waldorf, L.
  • City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture (2004). San Diego Arts Education Partnership: State of the partnership report. Waldorf, L.
  • City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture (2003). San Diego Arts Education Partnership: Year II evaluation. Waldorf, L.
  • Los Angeles County Arts Commission (2009). Arts for All: The Vanguard Districts. Waldorf, L.
  • Los Angeles County Arts Commission (2009). The Arts for All Teaching Artist Training Program: Longitudinal outcomes. Waldorf, L.
  • Memorial HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum (2007). HealthWorks! program evaluation. Waldorf, L. & Van Berschot, J.
  • Mid Continent Research in Education and Learning (2008). Let me play Head Start: Final report for program evaluation. Bodrova, E., Arens, S., Atwill, K., & Harris, C.
  • North Central Comprehensive Center (2008). NCCC: Year III evaluation. Atwill, K., & Beesley, A.
  • North Central Comprehensive Center (2007). NCCC: Year II evaluation. Waldorf, L. & Atwill, K.
  • Performing Tree (2002). Innovations in arts education instruction: Professional development through artist residencies. Waldorf, L.
  • Performing Tree (2000). Professional development for teachers and artists: A Local Arts Education Partnership evaluation report. Waldorf, L.
  • Riverside School for the Arts (1998). Curriculum design and strategic planning. Catterall, J. with Waldorf, L. & MacCarthy, S.
  • Saugus Union School District (2003). Art in Motion Dance Program: 2002/03 Program evaluation. Waldorf, L.
  • University of Northern Colorado (2009). Arts education leadership initiative in Colorado schools. Waldorf, L.


White Papers

  • Atwill, K. & Blanchard, J. (2006, April). The Benefits of Explicit Instruction in Visual Processing, Attention and Memory: Will Learning-disabled Deaf Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills Improve? American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, California.
  • Atwill, K., Blanchard, J., & Christie, J. (2009, April). The effect Spanish (L1) proficiency on English (L2) development in immersion classrooms: A longitudinal multiple cohort study. Society for the Research of Child Development. Denver, Colorado.
  • Atwill, K., Blanchard. J., Christie, J, & Burstein, K. (2005. April). Young Children's Performance on Assessments of Phonological Awareness with and without Visual Cues. American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada.
  • Atwill, K., Bodrova, E., Apthorp, H, & Douglas, B. (2008, March). Research-based Features of Shared Reading Practices in Preschool: Impacts on Pre-literacy Achievement. American Educational Research Association. New York, New York.
  • Atwill, K., Garcia, H., Blanchard, J., Gorin, J., Millett, J., de la Fuente, M. et al. (2006, April). Cross-language Transfer of Pre-literacy Skills: Regression Analysis with Spanish-speaking Children in English-only Classrooms. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Beasley, A., Atwill, K., Blair, P., & Barley, Z. (2008). Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Secondary Teachers in Central Region Rural Schools (Issues & Answers Report). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Educational Sciences, National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Lab Central.
  • Blanchard, J., Albers, C., DiCerbo, K., & Atwill, K. (2003, July). The Effect of Reducing Attention Demands on Standardized Reading Test Performance. Institute of Education Learning Conference. London, England.
  • Blanchard, J., Atwill, K., Christie, J., Burstein, K., Gorin, J., & Moore, T. (2004, June). The Effect of Illustrations on Assessment of Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Preliminary Study. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Vrije Universiteit: Amsterdam.
  • Blanchard, J., Atwill, K., Christie, J., Gorin, J., Millett, J., de la Fuente, M. et al. (2006, November). It works! Growing Literacy Skills in ELL Preschoolers. Paper presented at the 18th West IRA Regional Conference, “Reading the Write Way.” Kamuela, Hawaii.
  • Bodrova, E., Leong, D., Atwill, K., Ko, L., & Saifer, S. (2009, April). Scaffolding intentional make-believe play and the development of self-regulation: Results from the Tools of the Mind program. Society for the Research of Child Development. Denver, Colorado.
  • Murawski, W., Boyer, L., & Atwill, K. (2009, April). What is really happening in “co-taught” classes? One state knows! American Educational Research Association. San Diego, California.
  • Waldorf, L. (2007). Benefits and pitfalls of quantitative assessment in arts education. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, Illinois.


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