Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Educational Studies

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Education

M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction/Reading, University of Missouri - Columbia
Ph.D. in Reading and Language Education, Indiana University

Practice Areas

• Children's Literature
• Literacy and Language Arts PreK-12
• Disciplinary Literacy and Assessment, Secondary
• Curriculum Design
• Teacher Research/Action Research

Research Interests

• Classroom Talk
• Talking and Learning in Small Groups
• Teacher Study Groups/Action Research Groups
• Professional Learning Communities
• Collaborative Assessment