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Kristin Conradi Smith

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Associate professor at William & Mary, I study reading motivation, teachers' use of books in the classroom, and supporting students who struggle with reading.

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Literacy Education Job Requisition: JR101044 Assistant or Associate Professor of Literacy Education (Open) Job Posting Title: Assistant or Associate Professor of Literacy Education Department: CC00182 WM001 | PROV | Edu...

Come work with me at W&M! williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/job...

27.10.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A small group of us from W&M are coming up for this. It’s a great opportunity!

20.06.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any upper elementary teachers out there who want a free and effective language-based reading curriculum are welcome to check out CLAVES (www.clavescurriculum.net).

CLAVES can be used on its own or as a curricular supplement. It was designed with and for multilingual students and their teachers.

22.11.2024 23:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAre we going to be ruined by our greed or saved by our ingenuity?” ~Kate McKinnon #NCTE

22.11.2024 13:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking to follow some reading scientists and some practitioners who are interested in their work? I've got you covered with this starter pack! #EduSky

16.11.2024 17:51 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy | ILA Journal | Wiley Online Library Many adolescent readers experience difficulties comprehending informational text, which may result from underlying difficulties with foundational skills (e.g., word recognition and fluency), knowledg...

What should adolescent literacy interventions include? In this open access article, Strong and colleagues describe Read STOP Write. Focuses on multisyllabic decoding, text structure, reading, and writing. #SOR ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

14.11.2024 13:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Fluency routines are effective in middle school content areas! This study (Burns et al., 2024) found that paragraph shrinking routines in eighth grade led to increases in both fluency AND science/SS comprehension. www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt...

13.11.2024 13:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of teacher–child relationships in kindergarten on children’s motivation and reading skills in grade 1 - Reading and Writing The main aim of the current study was to investigate the role of teacher–child relationship quality in kindergarten on children’s motivation (interest in reading and task persistence) and reading skil...

Do reading skills lead to increased motivation or is it the other way around? There's more to the story! This study suggests that teacher-student relationships in kindergarten influence first grade reading skills & task persistence. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

12.11.2024 13:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)

Looking for literacy research one pagers? Here's our initial batch. Proud of the TRIP fellows and all their work! #SOR #reading education.wm.edu/centers/lite...

12.11.2024 12:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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12.11.2024 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't do twitter anymore so here to talk all things related to #reading instruction, #SOR, #kidlit.

11.11.2024 13:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0