Northern Illinois University
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy

CISLL Huskie Commons

Huskie Commons is NIU's institutional repository. It showcases and preserves the scholarly materials and creative works produced by NIU faculty, students and the NIU community. View the CISLL Huskie Commons.

Lending Resources

Email us at cisll@niu.edu to borrow books, equipment or software.

• Complete book listing
• Software for lending: Eprime 3, Laptop with Nvivo 12
• Mobile research lab resources: Laptops (13), iPads (30)

Research Briefs

• Assessing Intertextuality: The Development of a Rubric for Academic Literacy Practices in Developmental Reading Courses
• The Benefits of Writing
• Building Better Bridges: Understanding Academic Text Readiness at One Community College
• Comprehending Natural Argumentative Texts
• A Declaration of Readers' Rights for all Student in Grades 5-12
• Does Literacy Coaching Make a Difference? The Effects of Literacy Coaching on Reading Achievement in Grades K-3 in a Reading First District
• NAAL Results Demonstrate Need for Adult Basic Education
• Native-like Second Language Processing Modulated by Proficiency, Working Memory, and Subject-verb Dependency Distance
• Operation ARIES!: A Computerized Game for Teaching Scientific Inquiry
• The Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (RSAT): Assessing Processes that Support Comprehension
• Reconceptualizing Bilingual Effect on the Development of Phonological Awareness: A Study with Children in General Education and Japanese-English Immersion Programs
• What Does the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Say About Low-Literacy Adults?

Research Report

• What constitutes 'college-ready' for reading?
• Literacy in the ‘In-Between Spaces’ of Community Colleges:
  Interstitial Practices in Developmental Reading and Career Technical Education