CHERYL DICKINSON Special Education/Reading
JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
With Shankweiler, D., Lundquist, C., & Dreyer, L. G. "Reading and Spelling Difficulties in High School Students: Causes and Consequences." Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8 (1996): 1-28.
CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:
Annual Conference of the Education Commission of the States, Providence, RI 7-9-97 to 7-12-97.
Academic Forum, SCSU, New Haven, CT 8/27
Think Tank (organization of Reading Educators in Connecticut), CCSU, New Britain, CT 9/19/97
Integrated Curriculum, Northwest Reading Council, Center School, Litchfield, CT 9/30/97
Reading & Writing Methods to Enhance Content Instruction, New Canaan Public Schools, New Canaan, CT 10/12/97
"Prompt Writing Made Easy." Connecticut Reading Association, Waterbury, CT, October 1995.
WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:
"Teaching Writing Mini-Lessons." April 18, 1996.
"Grammar Lies! And So Do Mechanics." March 13, 1996.
"Painless Approaches for Teaching Vocabulary." February 29, 1996.
"Writing That Improves Reading." February 1, 1996.
"Practical Comprehension Strategies." Thomaston Public Schools, Thomaston, CT, January 5, 1996.
"Organizing Information for Greater Understanding and Retention." December 7, 1995.
"Better Ways to Teach Comprehension." Wallingford Public Schools, Wallingford, CT, October 12, 1995.
"Prompt Writing Made Easy." Connecticut Reading Association, Waterbury, CT, October 1995.
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:
Awarded CSU Research Grant for 1997-98, "Integrating the Curriculum: Creating a Model for All Learners"
Awarded Curriculum Related Activity proposal for summer of 1998, "Designing a Portfolio Assessment System for Pre-service Teacher Educators"
Coordinate language arts training for Middletown teachers involved in the Connecticut School Initiative Grant, recently awarded to three Middletown (CT) Public Schools
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:
Curriculum Design and Implementation (especially the Integrated Curriculum);
Classroom Language
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Field testing own integrated curriculum design in three Connecticut school districts during my sabbatical leave (Fall 1996). Will work alongside teachers and students to implement and revise integrated curriculum design.
Completing final proposal for a language arts textbook. Table of contents and overall concept of book have been approved by publisher (Houghton-Mifflin).
DISSERTATION TITLE:
Reading Comprehension Instruction in Two Different Curricula as Revealed by the Interactive Language of Teachers and Students
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:
University of Pennsylvania