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Chall Lecture: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

By Jill Anderson 10/30/2012 12:03 pm | Add a Comment

Can using a student’s own culture in literacy instruction make a difference? According to Vanderbilt University Professor Robert Jiménez, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy can transform literacy education for students of diverse backgrounds. Read More…

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Francois to receive Jeanne S. Chall Award

By newseditor 06/06/2012 09:43 am | Add a Comment

Chantal Francois, Ed.M.’08, Ed.D.’11, has been selected to receive the Jeanne S. Chall Doctoral Student Award. Read More…

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Ed School Hosts 7th Annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture

By Jill Anderson 10/24/2011 04:40 pm | Add a Comment

University of Michigan professor Elizabeth Birr Moje presented her findings on adolescent literacy at the seventh annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture on October 20. Read More…

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Moving the Needle on Adolescent Literacy: Ed School Hosts Sixth Annual Jeanne Chall Lecture

By Mateo Corby 10/27/2010 01:33 pm | 1 Comment

University of Kansas Professor Donald Deshler, also director of the Center for Research on Learning, spoke about the achievement gap among adolescent readers at the Ed School’s sixth annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture held on Thursday, October 21. Read More…

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Changing Readers, Changing Texts: Ed School Hosts Fifth Annual Jeanne Chall Lecture

By Jill Anderson 02/12/2010 03:39 pm | Add a Comment

In the past 50 years, instructional texts for first grade students have undergone massive changes and become much more difficult, which inevitably leaves some children who struggle with learning to read on the sidelines. Read More…

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Literacy Achievement Gap Addressed at the Fourth Annual Chall Lecture

By Amanda Dagg 10/29/2008 02:31 pm | Add a Comment

Research shows that there have been positive trends in literacy achievement in the past 25 years. These gains, however, have not included a significant closing of the gaps between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, a fact that represents a serious issue in education today. Read More…

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The Centrality of Word Knowledge to Reading Skill Explored at Chall Lecture

By Jill Anderson 10/31/2007 10:22 am | Add a Comment

The brain holds much insight into how children and adults learn to read words and develop reading skills. In particular, word knowledge is important in how the brain reads, according to Charles Perfetti, associate director of the learning research and … Read More…

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Pierce Receives Chall Doctoral Student Research Award

By newseditor 03/15/2006 11:57 am | Add a Comment

The Jeanne S. Chall Doctoral Student Research Award was presented to Margaret Pierce, Ed. M.’98, Ed.D.’06, on Tuesday, March 7, at the second annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture, “Words Worth Teaching and Where They Came From.” Pierce, a former teacher, … Read More…

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Presenter Focuses on the Importance of Teaching Vocabulary at 2nd Annual Chall Lecture

By newseditor 03/13/2006 12:10 pm | Add a Comment

It’s difficult for anyone–no matter how old–to understand what they read if they can’t define the meaning of a word in the sentence. Educators often struggle with teaching vocabulary, especially to young children. Teachers hand out the weekly word lists … Read More…

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