University of California, Berkeley 2nd Annual Summer Institute in Reading

Developing Tomorrow's Thinkers: Comprehension and Beyond

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Curriculum

The Summer Institute combines lectures, small group discussions and other informal settings to give the participants a comprehensive experience and understanding in the latest research in comprehension.

The curriculum covered in this year's Summer Institute includes supporting high standards of comprehension with:

• Young children
• Adolescents
• English Learners
• Informational Texts
• Electronic Texts
• Subject Matter Content
• Writing
• High-quality Literature

Speakers for UCSIR 2006 come from 8 nationally prestigious universities. Together they are among the nation's foremost scholars on comprehension and learning from text.

• Elizabeth Bernhardt, Stanford University
• Nell Duke, Michigan State University
• Steve Graham, Vanderbilt University
• John Guthrie, University of Maryland
• Karen Harris, Vanderbilt University
• Glynda Hull, UC-Berkeley
• P. David Pearson, UC-Berkeley
• Michael Kamil, Stanford University
• Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan
• Lesley Morrow, Rutgers University
• Annela Teemant, UC-Berkeley
• Ian Wilkinson, Ohio State University

Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with small-group leaders, all of whom are prominent researchers and teacher-educators.

• Martha Adler, University of Michigan-Dearborn
• Jacalyn Colt, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Kathleen Wilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University
• Carolyn Jaynes, CSU-Sacramento
• Kim Norman, CSU-Fullerton
• Leilani Saez, CSU Monterey Bay