Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of early
language and literacy interventions for children from high poverty communities.
Her research interests include the development of
language and literacy interventions for students who are English learners (ELs).
«Meredith Rowe's innovative research program holds remarkable promise, particularly for the design of practical
language and literacy interventions.
Rowe is a researcher in the field of development psychology with a focus on
language and literacy interventions.
Our review of over 300 early language and literacy (preschool through early elementary school) outcomes found that the typical early
language and literacy intervention adds only 1.6 months of additional growth over routine instructional practices.
Not exact matches
The secondary version covers: • Leading
literacy across the school • Reading for enjoyment
and wider reading • Developing teachers» reading approaches
and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to read through
interventions such as phonics • Writing engagement
and enjoyment • Developing teachers» writing knowledge
and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to write — spelling, punctuation
and grammar • Developing spoken
language skills This sample section focuses on leading
literacy across the school.
Her research this year has focused on the
language and literacy development of students at risk for special needs — especially those who are English
language learners —
and she plans to continue this research in the hope of developing better
interventions.
To design models of classroom
intervention that prevent
literacy difficulties
and promote its development in adolescents, we must establish a better understanding of the
language - based processes inherent in their daily classroom experience.
This project developed
and tested a vocabulary
intervention as part of a larger vocabulary study designed to improve
language and literacy skills in Spanish / English bilingual second graders.
(Un) Commonly Connected: A Social Network Analysis of State Standards Resources for English /
Language Arts AERA Open, November 2017 This article examines the results of two quasi-experimental studies of the implementation
and impact of the
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC), an
intervention designed to support secondary teachers» transition to Common Core State Standars in Enlish
language arts.
Her extensive research looks at which teaching
interventions and techniques are most effective in helping children acquire
literacy and language skills.
She has extensive experience in program
and curriculum development
and has developed
and implemented an effective, research - based
language and literacy teacher professional development
intervention called ExCELL.
The role of speech pathologists in the early identification of children with
language problems which could lead to
interventions which might prevent or ameliorate subsequent reading problems was noted,
and the LDA submission put the view that more routine collaboration between speech pathologists
and educators could improve
literacy outcomes for all students.
It is designed for students with word - level deficits not making sufficient progress through their current
intervention, have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies
and require multisensory
language instruction, or who require more intensive structured
literacy instruction due to a
language - based learning disability, such as dyslexia.
She is a nationally recognized multilingual presenter
and literacy consultant specializing in reading
intervention and differentiating instruction for English
language learners.
Classroom Promotion of Oral
Language (CPOL): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school - based
intervention to improve children's
literacy outcomes at grade 3, oral
language and
This training module reviews the effective practices identified in the IES Practice Guide Effective
Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades and shows how these findings support literacy instruction for English language learners within a response to intervention fr
Literacy and English
Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
and shows how these findings support
literacy instruction for English language learners within a response to intervention fr
literacy instruction for English
language learners within a response to
intervention framework.
A former early
intervention specialist
and language development specialist, he has also taught high school English, writing,
and literacy development to public school students.
Children at risk can benefit from early
intervention directed at emergent
literacy and oral
language.
SRA FLEX
Literacy ™ is a comprehensive reading
and language arts
intervention system built on the Common Core State Standards for struggling readers in grades 3
and up in tiers 2, 3, or 4.
This brief outlines a systematic school - wide
intervention that consistently integrates content knowledge
and language and literacy development in content area curricula.
For example, African American children born in poverty who participated in early childhood education programs had higher graduation rates, higher adult earnings,
and fewer arrests than their peers.102 A similar study found that students who participated in early
intervention programs maintained higher high school GPAs, were two times more likely to have attended a four - year college,
and were more likely to hold a job than their peers.103 Furthermore, research finds that participation in state - funded preschool programs improves children's
language,
literacy,
and mathematical skills.104
Her interests include
language,
literacy,
and interventions for English
language learners.
The
intervention attended to both the
language and literacy needs of English
language learners; for example, the student booklets included activities
and strategies to strengthen students» reading
and writing by using «specific comprehension questions about inquiry activities, strategies to enhance comprehension of science information in expository text at the end of each lesson,
and [focus on] various
language functions (e.g., describing, explaining, reporting, drawing conclusions «in the context of science inquiry»)» (Lee et al., 2008b, p. 38).
Years of practice wisdom, theory,
and related areas of research (i.e., the importance of the home
literacy environment, parental stimulation of children's
language development, security of the parent - child attachment relationship,
and parent involvement in preschool
and early
intervention programs) strongly suggest that parents» involvement in their children's formal schooling is vital for their academic success, even though the research evidence is less than conclusive.
Yet while many recent preschool
interventions have been found to have short - term effects on young children's
language,
literacy, mathematics, executive function,
and social - emotional development, studies show that impacts on cognitive
and academic skills tend to diminish in early elementary school — a phenomenon commonly known as fade - out or convergence.
Targeted
interventions are particularly important for mothers with lower educational backgrounds or
literacy skills,
and for whom English is a second
language.