Kathleen Clark, Ph.D.

Title	Assistant Professor Director of Hartman Literacy & Learning Center
Dept	Educational Policy & Leadership
Office	122A, Schroeder Health Complex
Phone	414-288-5647
Email	kathleen.clark@marquette.edu

Degrees Held

Research Interests

Courses Taught

Recent Publications/Presentations

Publications

Clark, K. F. (in press).  The nature and influence of comprehension strategy use during peer-led literature discussions: An analysis of intermediate grade students’ practice.  Literacy Research and Instruction. 

Berne, J. I., & Clark, K. F. (in press). Focusing literature discussion groups on comprehension strategies.  The Reading Teacher.

2008

Clark, K. F., & Graves, M. F. (2008). Open and directed text mediation in literature instruction:  Effects on comprehension and attitudes. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 31(1).

2005

  

Berne , J. I., & Clark, K. F. (2005) Comprehension strategy use during peer-led discussions of text: Ninth-graders tackle The Lottery. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Berne , J. I., & Clark, K. F. (2005) Meaning making in ninth grade: An exploratory study of peer-led literature discussions. Illinois Reading Journal.

Clark, K. F., & Graves , M. F. (2005). Scaffolding students' comprehension of text. The Reading Teacher 58(6).

2004

  

Clark, K. F. (2004). What can I say besides "sound it out?": Coaching word recognition in beginning reading. The Reading Teacher 57 (5), 440-450.

Clark, K. F. (2004). Supporting struggling writers during writers workshop. Michigan Reading Journal, 36 (1), 11-19.

Clark, K. F. (2004). Voices in Michigan Literacy: An interview with Dr. Jim Cipielewski. Michigan Reading Journal , 36 (3), 53-56.

2003

 

Clark, K. F. (2003). Voices in Michigan literacy: An interview with Nell K. Duke. Michigan Reading Journal, 35 (3), 48-50.

 

2002

 

Taylor , B.M., Pearson, P.D., Clark, K.F., & Walpole , S. (2002). Effective schools and accomplished teachers: Lessons about primary-grade reading instruction in low-income schools. In B. M. Taylor & P. D. Pearson (Eds.) Teaching Reading : Effective schools and accomplished teachers, pp. 3-72. Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum.

Taylor , B.M., Pearson, P.D., Clark, K.F., & Walpole , S. (2002). Effective Schools/accomplished teachers. In Evidence-based reading instruction: Putting the National Reading panel report into practice. Newark , DE : International Reading Association.

2001

 

Taylor , B.M., Pearson, P.D., Clark, K.F., & Walpole , S. (2001). Effective schools and accomplished teachers: Lessons about primary-grade reading instruction in high-poverty schools. Elementary School Journal , 101 (2), 121-165.

Presentations

2004

  

Graves, M.F., Clark, K.F., Dewitz, P., Fitzgerald, J., Peterson, C., Berne, J., Liang, L., Philippot, R., Ginsberg, M., Cooke, C., Cummins, J., & Galda, L. (2004, May). Scaffolding students' comprehension of narrative and expository text. Institute presented at the 49 th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Reno, NV.

2003

 

Clark, K. F., Berne , J. I., Maegawa, M., & Trudeau, C. (2003, March). Meaning-making during literature discussions: An exploration of students' understandings. Presentation at the Spring Conference of the Michigan Reading Association, Grand Rapids, MI

2002

Clark, K.F., & Berne , J. I. (2002, December). The effects of small group peer-led discussion on ninth grade students' comprehension of literary text: A pilot study. Paper presented at the 52 nd Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami , FL.

Berne , J., I. & Clark, K.F. (2002, October). Talking among themselves: Literature discussion groups in high school and college classrooms. Presentation at the Fall Conference of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Lansing , MI .

Berne, J., & Clark , K.F. (2002, March). Building comprehension through building community: The teacher's role . Presentation at the 46 th Annual Conference of the Michigan Reading Association, Detroit , MI.

2001

 

Clark , K.F. (2001, December). Scaffolding small group reading instruction: A case study of an accomplished first grade teacher . Presentation at the 51 st Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio , TX .

Taylor, B., Pearson, P.D., Peterson, D. Sarroub, L., Jaynes, C., Knezek, S., & Clark , K.F. (2000, December). The CIERA school change project (Year 1): Implementing research-based reading program reform in high-poverty elementary schools. Presentation at the 50 th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale , AZ.