Susan B. Neuman  Professor, UM School of Education

Selected Journal Articles

Causal Supports for Early Word Learning
(wordlearning.pdf)
Amy E. Booth
Northwestern University

Educational Effects of an Embedded Multimedia Vocabulary Intervention for Economically Disadvantaged Pre-K Children: A Randomized Trial
(RTL2021210.pdf)
Susan B. Neuman, Ellen H. Newman, Julie Dwyer
University of Michigan

Developing Vocabulary and Conceptual Knowledge for Low-income Preschoolers: A Design Experiment
(rtl1122109.pdf)
Susan B. Neuman, Julie Dwyer
University of Michigan

A meta-analysis on the effects of vocabulary training on word learning: A design experiment on the effects of WOW: the world of words
(metaanalysis030410.pdf)
Loren Marie Marulis, Susan B. Neuman
University of Michigan

The Knowledge Gap: Implications for Early Education by Susan B. Neuman
Handbook of Early Literacy Research: Vol. II

When I give I own: Empowering the Nepalese People through Engagement in Community Libraries
Click here to Download As PDF (WhenIgiveIown.pdf)

CHELLO: The Child/Home Environmental Language and Literacy Observation
Click here to Download As PDF (chello.pdf)

Neuman, S. & Roskos, Kathleen (2005). Whatever Happened to Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Literacy? Beyond the Journal July 2005.

Neuman, S.B. & Celano, D. (2004). Save the libraries. Educational Leadership,61, 82-85.

Neuman, S.B. (2003, March). Preparing for the Perfect Storm. Education Week.

Neuman, S.B. (2003). From Rhetoric to Reality: the Case for Compensation for PreKindergarten Education. Kappan, 85, 286-291.

Neuman, S.B. & Celano, D. (2001). Access to print in low- and middle-income communities: An ecological study of 4 neighborhoods. Reading Research Quarterly, 36, 8-26.

Neuman, S.B. & Celano, D. (2001). Books Aloud: A campaign to "Put books in children's hands". Reading Teacher, 54, 550-557.

Neuman, S.B. (2001). The role of knowledge in early literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 36, 468-475.

Neuman, S.B. (1999). Books make a difference: A study of access to literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 34, 286-301.

Neuman, S.B., Capperelli, B.J., & Gee, C. (1998). Literacy learning, a family matter. The Reading Teacher, 52, 244-253.

Neuman, S.B. & Roskos, K. (1997). Literacy knowledge in practice: Contexts of participation for young writers and readers. Reading Research Quarterly, 32, 10-32.

Shanahan, T. & Neuman, S.B. (1997). Literacy research that makes a difference. Reading Research Quarterly, 32, 202-210.

Neuman, S.B. (1996). Children engaging in storybook reading: The influence of access to print resources, opportunity and parental interaction. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11, 495-514.

Neuman, S.B., Hagedorn, T., Celano, D., & Daly, P. (1995). Toward a collaborative approach to parent involvement in early education: A study of African-American teenage mothers. American Educational Research Journal, 32,801-827.

Neuman, S.B. & Gallagher, P. (1994). Joining together in literacy learning: Teenage mothers and children. Reading Research Quarterly, 29, 382-401. Neuman, S.B. (1995). Reading together: A community-supported parent tutoring program. Reading Teacher, 49, 120-129.

Neuman, S. & Roskos, K. (1993). Access to print for children of poverty: Differential effects of parent mediation and literacy-enriched play settings on environmental and functional print tasks. American Educational Research Journal, 30, 95-122.

Neuman, S. & Koskinen, P. (1992). Captioned Television as Comprehensible Input: Effects of Incidental Word Learning in Context for Language Minority Students. Reading Research Quarterly, 27, 94-106.

Neuman, S. & Roskos, K. (1992). Literacy Objects as Cultural Tools: Effects on Children's Literacy Behaviors in Play. Reading Research Quarterly, 27, 202-226

Neuman, S. (1992). Is learning from media distinctive?: Examining children's inferencing strategies. American Educational Research Journal, 29, 119-140.