Dr' Barbara Moss

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Dr. Barbara Moss
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Background

• Middle and High School Teacher in Ohio for 10
  years
• Reading Supervisor for 8 years

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Education

• Ph.D - Kent University, Ohio (1988)
• Masters In Education - Kent University, Ohio
  (1975)
• Bachelor of Science - Ohio University, Ohio
  (1971)
• Major English Education
• Summa cum laude

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Current Position

• Professor of Literacy Education at SDSU since
  Fall 2001
• Teaches TE 530, 631, 637, 933, ED 690, and 795
• Research Interests (1990-present)
• Content Area Reading
• Informational Literacy
• Nonfiction Trade Books

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Professional Development

• CPET Grant
• Brings informational texts into Elementary
  Classrooms
• County Office of Education
• Involved with Vocabulary and Academic Language
• Presentations
• Presented Nationally/ Internationally
• Inservices
• More than 400 presented throughout the United
  States
• Currently working on Study Basal Readers
• They drive what other states use

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Contributions

• Teaching
• Sharing knowledge and experience
• Gives attention to Expository Texts in Elementary
  Classrooms
• Expose Teachers to Informational Trade Books
• Studies
• Findings on Basal Readers
• 1st Graders Retelling

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Publications

• 2006 - Teaching Expository Text Structures
  Through Information Trade Book Retellings
• 2004 - Learning with Trade Books
• 2004 - Building Background for Literacy Learning
  Through Informational Trade Books
• 2002 - 25 Strategies for Guiding Readers Through
  Informational Text

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Professional Organizations

• International Reading Association (IRA),
  1979-present
• Associate Editor, Reading Teacher, 1994-99
• Reviewer, Conference Proposals, 1996, 1998
• Member, Arbuthnot Committee, 1995-96
• IRA Delegate, 1985
• Guest Reviewer, Journal of Reading, 1989

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Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Researcher, Univ of Akron, 1999
• International Reading Association Elva Knight
  Grant, 1998
• Golden Key National Honor Society Honorary
  Member, 1997
• Listed in Marquis Whos Who in American
  Education, 1996
• Outstanding Researcher, Univ of Akron, 1995
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, Kent University,
  1989
• Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship Recipient, 1988
• Listed in Marquis Whos Who in Staff
  Development, 1985
• Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Scholarship Award, 1971
• Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Ohio University,1971