Location: Maryland Literacy Research Center 

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Dates                  Presenter/Topic                        

September 11      John T. Guthrie

                        What definition of reading comprehension should guide the  next decade
                        of OERI research?  Outcomes of a new RAND panel

September 25      Steve Graham

                        Preventing writing and reading difficulties with primary grade children

October 9             Patricia Alexander

                              Theoretical foundations of literacy research: Unraveling the Gordian knot

October 23           Allan Wigfield

                               Effects of literacy instruction on motivation: From specific to general?

November 9         M. Jean Dreher

                         Balancing learning to read and reading for learning: Children’s reading
                        instruction

November 20       Gay Ivey

                        Literacy research and young adolescents: What about students who are still
                        learning to read?

December 11       Marilyn Chambliss

                        Interrelating reading and writing instruction in social studies and science: 
                         Some surprises