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Paola Uccelli at the PUCP: Interview and Talk

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Prof. Paola Uccelli spoke about language skills in the Peruvian school context at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, a s part of the DARI cycle of international talks. More details about the talk can be found here.

New Publication: Broadening the Lens on the Science of Reading

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Broadening the Lens on the Science of Reading: A Multifaceted Perspective on the Role of Academic Language in Text Understanding is published in Reading Research Quarterly. Merging evidence from psychological models of reading comprehension, ethnographic...

Usable Knowledge: When Reading Gets Harder

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For years, we’ve thought that the answer to boosting adolescent reading comprehension lay in building students’ vocabulary. Teens often struggle with the jargon and advanced terminology they encounter as they move into middle and high school, so educators...

Uccelli Named Professor of Education

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Paola Uccelli has been promoted from associate professor to full professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Uccelli’s background in linguistics has afforded her a unique perspective on studying socio-cultural and individual...