Dr. Baker and Dr. Carol Connor discuss using children’s literacy skills to differentiate reading comprehension instruction
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Authors: Dr. Betsy Baker
Topics:
January 16
Gleaning insights from historians, mathematicians, and chemists about how they read within their disciplines
Dr. Cynthia Shanahan
See Journal of Literacy Research, 43(4)
February 6
Reading coaches and policy adoption during reading instruction
Dr. Cynthia Coburn
See Reading Research Quarterly, 47(1)
February 20
Career portfolio as genre: Empowering students, examining genre
Dr. Ross Collin
See Journal of Literacy Research, 44(1)
March 5
Review of scholarship regarding family literacy
Dr. Catherine Compton-Lilly
See Reading Research Quarterly, 47(1)
March 19
Using Peer Video Analysis to Improve Literacy Instruction
Dr. Tanya Christ
See Journal of Literacy Research, 44(2)
April 2
Vocabulary Instruction: How Students Approach New Words
Dr. Jocelyn Folk
See Reading Research Quarterly, 47(2)
April 16
Black-White Literacy Gap, Adult Literacy, and Implications
Dr. Dale Cohen
See Journal of Literacy Research, 44(2)
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September 5
Using categories to teach vocabulary to preschoolers
Dr. Susan Neuman
See Reading Research Quarterly, 46(3)
September 19
Using picture books to address racism
Dr. Althier Lazar
See Journal of Literacy Research, 43(3)
October 3
Using morphological analysis to infer word meanings
Dr. Deborah McCutchen
See Reading Research Quarterly, 46(4)
October 17
Examining hidden literacies in urban middle schools
Dr. Denise Ives
See Journal of Literacy Research, 43(3)
November 7
U. S. National Survey: Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Literacy and Technology
Dr. Amy Hutchison
See Reading Research Quarterly, 46(4)
November 21
Inquiry-based instruction used to understand dialect, language, and power
Dr. Amanda Godley
See Journal of Literacy Research, 43(4)
December 5
Using children’s literacy skills to differentiate reading comprehension instruction
Dr. Carol Connor
See Reading Research Quarterly, 46(3)
December 19
How offline reading, online reading, and prior knowledge can help predict students’ abilities to understand what they read online
Dr. Julie Coiro
See Journal of Literacy Research, 43(4)
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