April 20: Catherine Snow, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor, Harvard University

The Neglected Literacy Skill

Despite robust evidence that classroom discussions promote academic outcomes, multiple forces converge to make authentic discussion a rare event in most U.S. classrooms.  We have been evaluating the contribution of discussion to reading comprehension outcomes among 4th-8th graders attending urban schools, and testing hypotheses about the mechanisms by which discussion enhances reading and writing skills.

This talk will be held in 3105 Tolman, 12:00-1:30pm.