This book provides information culled from classroom research, including some from teacher researchers, for those engaged in creating educational settings that support children's development of language and literacy. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Observing Carlos: One Day of Language Use in School" (Mary M. Kitagawa); (2) "What Teachers and Children Do in a Language Rich Classroom" (Nancy G. Platt); (3) "Comments from a Teacher Researcher" (Vera E. Milz); (4) "Involving Teachers in Classroom Research" (Marie M. Clay); (5) "Observing Readers and Writers: A Teacher and a Researcher Learn Together" (Myna L. Matlin and Robert C. Wortman); (6) "A Teacher's Experience with Change" (Vida Louise Welsh); (7) "Teacher as Learner: Implications for Staff Development" (Angela M. Jaggar); (8) "Integrating the Curriculum for Teacher Preparation" (Charlotte S. Huck); (9) "Teacher Research and Decision Making: An Administrator's View" (Donald S. Monroe); (10) "Using Research to Create a Supportive Literacy Climate" (Gay Su Pinnell); (11) "Teacher Support Groups: Why and How" (Dorothy J. Watson and Margaret T. Stevenson); and (12) "Language Development: Issues, Insights, and Implementation" (Kenneth S. Goodman). A 25-page suggested reading list, "Whole Language Theory, Practice, and Assessment" (Angela M. Jaggar and Kathy T. Harwood) is appended. (MS)