Event type:

In person

Date & time:

24 Feb 2022, 17:00 – 18:00

Text complexity and beginning reading: Supporting young readers

In this webinar, Heidi Anne Mesmer will present her research on texts for beginning readers and the skills student will need to read complex texts.

Pupils reading in classroom. Image: Tim Kavanagh for IOE
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Text complexity and beginning reading: Supporting young readers

24 Feb 2022, 17:00 – 18:00

Professor Heidi Anne Mesmer

School of Education, Virginia Tech

Since 1999, Professor Mesmer has studied beginning reading materials and text difficulty. She has published widely in this area including articles such as 'Toward a theoretical model of text complexity for the early grades' and the books 'Tools for Matching Readers to Text: Research-Based Practices' (2008) and 'Complex Text: Deepening Close Reading in the Classroom' (2016).

Angela Healy

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader

Professional Development Service for Teachers, (PDST) Ireland

Dr Helen Morris

Reading Recovery National Leader

IOE

Further information

Ticketing

Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Teresa Kourdoulos

t.kourdoulos@ucl.ac.uk