Work within this strand reflects our latest inquiry, exploring how children’s individual differences and classroom instruction intersect with cognitive and motivational processes to support literacy and second-language development in bilingual and multilingual school settings.

Projects

Active View of Reading: Active View of Reading for Bilingual Students (AVR²) AVR² is a comprehensive reader model designed specifically for bilingual and multilingual learners. It integrates the skills, attitudes, and cognitive processes essential to reading, each supported by empirical evidence from intervention studies with bilingual populations. This model emphasizes the dynamic, interactive nature of reading and highlights the unique linguistic, cognitive and dispositional assets that bilingual students bring to the reading process.

To see the AVR² model, click here!

Taboada Barber, A. (PI), Cartwright, K. & Hancock, G. (Co-PIs) (2019-2023). Project CLIMB: Capturing Language Immersion Benefits. Goal 1, Exploration, Special Topics: Foreign Language Instruction Research Grants Competition, Institute of Education Sciences

For an overview of Project CLIMB, check out this Powerpoint!