The award recognizes an outstanding empirical study published in English in a refereed journal. The work should report on one or more aspects of literacy acquisition, such as phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, bilingualism, or cross-cultural studies of beginning reading.[1]
Works may be submitted by the author or anyone else.
| Year | Recipients[1] | Works | | 1997 | Darlene M. TangelBenita A. Blachman | “Effect of Phoneme Awareness Instruction on the Invented Spelling of First-Grade Children: A One-Year Follow-Up”, Journal of Reading Behavior (vol. 27, no. 2) |
| 1998 | Peter J. HatcherCharles HulmeAndrew W. Ellis | “Ameliorating Early Reading Failure by Integrating the Teaching of Reading and Phonological Skills: The Phonological Linkage Hypothesis”, Child Development (vol. 65) |
| 1999 | William E. TunmerJames W. Chapman | “A Longitudinal Study of Beginning Reading Achievement and Reading Self-Concept”, British Journal of Educational Psychology (vol. 67) |
| 2000 | Jill FitzgeraldGeorge W. Noblit | “About Hopes, Aspirations, and Uncertainty: First-Grade English-Language Learners’ Emergent Reading”, Journal of Literacy Research (vol. 31, no. 2) |
| 2001 | Susan B. Neuman | “Books Make a Difference: A Study of Access to Literacy”, Reading Research Quarterly (vol. 34, no. 3)[2] |
| 2002 | Nell K. Duke | “3.6 Minutes Per Day: The Scarcity of Informational Texts in First Grade”, Reading Research Quarterly (vol. 35, no. 2)[3] |
| 2003 | Barbara A. WasikMary Alice Bond | “Beyond the Pages of a Book: Interactive Book Reading and Language Development in Preschool Classrooms”, Journal of Educational Psychology (vol. 93) |
| 2004 | Anne McGill FranzenEllen AdamsCynthia Lanford | “Learning to be Literate: A Comparison of Five Urban Early Childhood Programs”, Journal of Educational Psychology (vol. 94, no. 3) |
| 2005 | Darrell MorrisJanet W. BloodgoodRichard G. LomaxJan Perney | “Developmental Steps in Learning to Read: A Longitudinal Study in Kindergarten and First Grade”, Reading Research Quarterly (vol. 38, no. 3)[4] |
| 2006 | Carol McDonald ConnorFrederick J. MorrisonLeslie E. Katch | “Beyond the Reading Wars: Exploring the Effect of Child-Instruction Interactions on Growth in Early Reading”, Scientific Studies of Reading (vol. 8)) |
| 2007 | Terrence TivnantoLowry Hemphill | “Comparing Four Literacy Reform Models in High-Poverty Stricken Schools: Patterns of First-Grade Achievement”, The Elementary School Journal (vol. 105) |
| 2008 | Pia Rebello BrittoJeanne Brooks-GunnTerri M. Griffin | “Maternal Reading and Teaching Patterns: Associations With School Readiness in Low-Income African American Families”, Reading Research Quarterly (vol. 41, no. 1)[5] |
| 2009 | Catherine F. Compton-Lilly | “The Complexities of Reading Capital in Two Puerto Rican Families”, Reading Research Quarterly (vol. 42, no. 1)[6] |
| 2010 | Deborah Wells Rowe | "The Social Construction of Intentionality: Two-Year-Olds’ and Adults’ Participation at a Preschool Writing Center", Research in the Teaching of English (vol. 42, no. 4) |
| 2011 | Lisa Hammett PriceAnne van KleecCarl J. Huberty | "Talk During Book Sharing Between Parents and Preschool Children: A Comparison Between Storybook and Expository Book Conditions", Reading Research Quarterly (Vol. 44, No 2) |
| 2012 | Sheila W. ValenciaAntony T. SmithAnne M. Reece Min Li Karen K. WixsonHeather Newman | "Oral Reading Fluency Assessment: Issues of Construct, Criterion, and Consequential Validity", Reading Research Quarterly (Vol. 4) |
| 2013 | Michael J. Kieffer | "Converging Trajectories: Reading Growth in Language Minority Learners and Their Classmates, Kindergarten to Grade 8", American Educational Research Journal (Vol. 48 No. 5) |
| 2014 | Shayne B. PiastaYaacov PetscherLaura Justice |
1. ^1 Dina Feitelson Award
2. ^Abstract from works - 2001 Award
3. ^Abstract from works - 2002 Award
4. ^Abstract from works - 2005 Award
5. ^Abstract from works - 2008 Award
6. ^Abstract from works - 2009 Award