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Jeanne Chall Memorial Lecture at Harvard University
When: February 10, 2010
Conference location: Harvard University
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Freddy has been invited to present at the Jeanne Chall Memorial Lecture at Harvard University. Her talk Changing Readers, Changing Texts: 1960-2010 is the keynote lecture.
Presentation synopsis:
Jeanne Chall’s (1967) landmark study showed how differences in first-grade textbooks influence children’s reading acquisition. The ensuing years have seen massive changes in first-grade reading books and in the demographics of American classrooms. In this presentation, I trace the changes in texts and demographics of first-grade students over the past 50 years. This analysis shows that, in 2010, the discrepancy between the tasks of first-grade textbooks and the skills of those students who depend on schools to become literate is substantial. I illustrate how first-grade textbooks could be changed to support the changing profile of a first-grade cohort.
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