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Kendra Maria Hall


Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise
  • Early childhood education
  • Literacy
Education
  • Ph.D., Human Development-Cognitive Studies, Columbia University, 2002
  • M.A., Human Development-Cognitive Studies, Columbia University, 2002
  • B.S., Family Science, Brigham Young University, 1996
Affiliations
  • Early Childhood Education - Primary
Selected Publications
  • "Focus on the facts: How to use informational texts effectively in early elementary classrooms", Early Childhood Education Journal, Hall, K. M., & Sabey, B. L., Volume 35, Issue 3, December, 2007 
  • "Curriculum-based emergent literacy assessment in early childhood.", Seminars in Speech and Language, Hall, K. M., Culatta, B., & Black, S., Volume 28, Issue 1, January, 2007 
  • "Phonological awareness instruction in early childhood settings", Clinical approaches to emergent literacy intervention, Culatta, B. & Hall, K. M., Plural Publishing, San Diego, CA, Laura Justice, November, 2006 
  • "The development of the early expository comprehension assessment (EECA): A look at reliability", Communication Disorders Quarterly, Hall, K.M., Markham, J.C., & Culatta, B., Volume 26, Issue 4, 2006 
  • "Measuring the self-efficacy of mentor teachers", Academic Exchange Quarterly, Hall, K. M., Smith, L. K., Draper, R. J., Bullough, R. V., Sudweeks, R., Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 188-192, December, 2005 
  • "What's more important -- literacy or content? Confronting the literacy-content dualism", Action in Teacher Education, Draper, R. J., Smith, L. K., Hall, K. M., & Siebert, D., Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 12-21, July, 2005 
  • "Participatory action research and the quest for teacher educator community and solidarity.", Teacher Development, Bullough, R. V., Draper, R.J., Hall, K., Smith, L. K., Young, J., Sabey, B., Brooks, S., Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 79-95, March, 2005 
  • "Expository text comprehension in the early childhood classroom.", Journal of Educational Psychology, Williams, J. P., Hall, K. M., Lauer, K. D., Stafford, K. B., DeSisto, L. A., & deCani, J. S., Volume 97, Issue 4, Pages 538-550, November, 2005 
  • "Expository text comprehension: Helping primary grade teachers use expository texts to their full advantage.", Reading Psychology, Hall, K. M., Sabey, B. L., & McClellan, M., Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 211-234, July, 2005 
  • "Building the basics of comprehension instruction: Teaching expository text structure to young at-risk learners", Exceptionality, Williams, J. P., Hall, K. M., Lauer, K. D., Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 129-144, 2004 
  • "Teaching elementary school students to identify story themes.", Journal of Educational Psychology, Williams, J. P., Lauer, K. D., Hall, K. M., Lord, K. M., Gugga, S. S., Bak, S. J., Jacobs, P. R., & deCani, J. S., Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 235-248, 2002 
  • "Helping elementary school children understand story themes", The Exceptional Child, J.P. Williams, K. Lauer, K.M. Lord, Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 75-77, 2001 
Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Brigham Young University, 2002
  • Adjunct Faculty, Long Island University, 2001-2002
  • Teaching Assistant, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2000-2001
  • Research Assistant, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999-2002
Awards
  • Research Grant, University Mentoring Environments, 2004
  • Research Grant, University Undergraduate Mentoring Grant, 2004
  • Research Grant, David O. Mckay School of Education, 2004
  • Graduate Mentoring Award, -, 2004
  • Graduate Mentoring Award, -, 2003

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