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SUMMARY:3056.4.CODE\, Stevens\,  Building Students’ Word Knowledge: How t
 o Teach Essential Words\, 4 of 4 (March 2023)
DESCRIPTION:
 
 
 
 Format:  CODE
 
 
 Audience:  Teachers\, Leade
 rs
 
 
 
 
 Area:   Reading\, ELA\, Vocabulary
 
 
 Grade Span: 
   K-12
 
 
 
 
 Location: Online
 
 
 Sponsor:  IDA-GA and Read
 ing League
 
 
 
 
 Presenter:  Dr. Elizabeth Stevens
 
 
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 t hours:  
 
 
 
 
            
  
 This was copied di
 rectly from the website\, \"Attendees will learn the importance of providi
 ng vocabulary instruction across content areas (i.e.\, English language ar
 ts/reading\, social studies\, science\, mathematics) and the role of word 
 knowledge for students’ reading comprehension. First\, the presenter wil
 l describe guidelines for vocabulary instruction\, including how to choo
 se which words to teach. Next\, the presenter will describe the steps in a
  routine for teaching essential words\, provide sample vocabulary maps for
  various content areas\, and model instruction. Third\, the presenter will
  provide suggestions for planning vocabulary instruction and share resourc
 es teachers can use in their classroom. The presentation will conclude wit
 h a Q&amp\;A period.
  
 Elizabeth Stevens\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Pr
 ofessor in the Department of Learning Sciences at Georgia State University
 . Stevens completed her doctoral degree at The University of Texas at Aust
 in. She holds a master’s degree in special education from the College of
  William and Mary and a reading specialist degree from the University of V
 irginia. Prior to pursuing her doctorate\, she taught special education fo
 r nine years in Virginia. Elizabeth has coordinated large-scale research p
 rojects at The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. She recentl
 y served as Co-Principal Investigator of an IES-funded Development and Inn
 ovation Project\, Middle School Matters\, which focused on developing a PD
  model to support middle school teachers with implementing research-based 
 practices during content-area reading instruction. Elizabeth researches ef
 fective reading and mathematics interventions for students with learning d
 isabilities and learning difficulties. She is particularly interested in t
 he effects of aligning Tier 1 (core) instruction with Tier 2 intervention 
 for upper elementary students with reading comprehension difficulties. She
  is also interested in the effects of vocabulary instruction on the word-p
 roblem performance of upper elementary students with mathematics difficult
 y. She has extensive experience in designing literacy interventions for di
 verse and at-risk populations\, providing PD to districts\, and examining 
 the effects of such interventions and PD through high quality research stu
 dies. Stevens has published in numerous journals including Scientific Stu
 dies of Reading\, Exceptional Children\, Journal of Learning Disabilities\
 , Reading and Writing\, Remedial and Special Education\, and Teaching E
 xceptional Children.\" 
LOCATION:Online
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