Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Dr. Maloch's research attends closely to the discourse of classrooms, particularly the discussion that happens around text.  Most recently, her research in this area has considered the ways informational texts are integrated into primary classrooms and how these texts are understood by young children. Dr. Maloch is the Associate Dean of Teacher Education, Student Affairs, and Administration in the College of Education, and an associate professor in Language and Literacy Studies.   She teaches undergraduate courses in literacy methods and graduate courses in classroom discourse and discourse analysis. 

Maloch, B., Bomer, R., & Burke, A. (2012).  Reading the past: Policy and professionalism in the earliest pages of the journal later known asLanguage Arts. Language Arts.

Maloch, B. & Zapata, A. (2011).  “Dude, It’s the Milky Way!”: An Exploration of Students’ Approaches to Informational Text.  In P. Dunston, L. B. Gambrell, S.K. Fullerton, V.R. Gillis, K. Headley, & P.M. Stecker (eds),60th Yearbook of the Literacy Research Association, Oak Creek: WI.

Hoffman, J., Maloch, B., & Sailors, B. (2011). Researching the teaching of reading through direct observation: Tools, Methodologies, and Guidelines for the future.  In M. Kamil, P.D. Pearson, Elizabeth Moje  & P. Afflerbach (2011). Handbook of Reading Research, Vol. IV. Routledge. (Lead Chapter:  pp. 3-33).

Maloch, B. & Beutel, D. (2010) “Big loud voice – You have important things to say”: The nature of student initiations during one teacher’s interactive read-alouds.  Journal of Classroom Interaction, 45 (3), 20-29.

Maloch, B.  (2008).  Beyond exposure: The uses of informational text in a second grade classroom.  Research in the Teaching of English.  

Maloch, B., Roser, N., Martinez, M. Harmon, J. Burke, A., Duncan, D., Russell, K., & Zapata, A. (2008). An Investigation of Learning to Read and Write Fantasy.  In Y. Kim, V.J. Risko, D.L. Compton, D.K. Dickinson, M.K. Hundley, R.T. Jiménez, K.M. Leander, and D.W.  Rowe (eds).  57^th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, Oak Creek: WI.

Maloch, B. (2005).  Moments by which change is made: A cross-case exploration of teacher mediation and student participation in literacy events. Journal of Literacy Research, 37 (1), 95-142.

Maloch, B., Flint, A., Eldridge, D., Harmon, J., Loven, R., Fine, J., Bryant-Shanklin, M., & Martinez, M. (2003).  Understandings, beliefs, and reported decision-making of first-year teachers from different reading teacher preparation programs. Elementary School Journal, 103 (5), 431-457.

Maloch, B. (2002) Scaffolding student talk: One teacher’s role in literature discussion groups. Reading Research Quarterly, 37 (1), 94-112. 

• Elizabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, 2011
• Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, 2010
• Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award, 2009
• Alan C. Purves Award, NCTE, 2008
• Early Career Achievement Award, National Reading Conference, 2006

Nonfiction Matters: An Investigation of the Uses of Informational Texts in Primary Classrooms

Cognitive Coaching and the Mentoring of Preservice Teachers: A Development Design Experiment (with Drs. Jim Hoffman and Melissa Mosley Wetzel)

Teacher education; Literature discussion; Informational texts in primary classrooms; Classroom discourse

• Literacy Research Association, Board of Directors, 2009 - present