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What Matters in Literacy Speaker Series with Dr. James Kim, at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Monday, November 30, 2015:

The UNC Charlotte College of Education and Read Charlotte are pleased to present the What Matters in Literacy Speaker Series on November 30, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the UNC Charlotte Center City Campus Building. The public is invited to hear Dr. James Kim, Harvard University School of Education, share his expertise and research related to identifying literacy interventions and instructional practices that enable educators to improve literacy outcomes for children, especially vulnerable populations of children growing up in low-income neighborhoods, schools, and homes. Dr. Kim...

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Effects of Scaffolded Summer Reading on Elementary School Children’s Reading Comprehension, Reading Engagement, and Peer Advice Networks: Results from a Statewide Randomized Experiment, at New York University, Institute of Human Development and Social Change, Institute of Education Sciences, Pre­doctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (IES­PIRT) Proseminar, Monday, October 20, 2014

A randomized experiment involving a longitudinal sample of 4,890 children in 59 North Carolina mid-high poverty and high poverty elementary schools was conducted to examine the effects of a scaffolded summer reading intervention in which children (a) participated in teacher-directed comprehension lessons at the end of the school year and (b) were mailed ten books to read at home during the summer months. After one academic school year, children completed a standardized reading comprehension test, classroom teachers rated children’s reading engagement, and children nominated peers who...

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