Dr. Peter P. Afflerbach

 

Dr. Afflerbach's reading research interests lay in three areas: reading strategies, the verbal reporting methodology, and reading assessment. Specifically, his work examines reading comprehension strategies of accomplished and developing readers. He uses the verbal reporting methodology to produce descriptions of readers' on-line processing, and also uses verbal reports to investigate teachers' decision making processes related to classroom assessment. Dr. Afflerbach also conducts research on reading assessment. In particular, he is interested in the influences of assessment on teaching and learning, and the suitability of reading assessment for different audiences and purposes.