First Big Time Publication of Dissertation Work
Finished the D in 1969 but did not get it published until 1974-75 in Reading Research Quarterly. That’s a long story that is told in a later piece with Kate Frankel in 2013 or so.
Pearson, P. D. (1974-75). The effects of grammatical complexity on children’s comprehension, recall and conception of semantic relations. … Read the rest
Some Thoughts about Figurative Language
I developed these ideas when I was thinking about writing a second edition of Teaching Reading Comprehension. Never finished it (at least I had not as of 2018). My ideas about what kids need to learn about Figurative Language before they leave the K-12 system.… Read the rest
Some Thoughts on Fact and Opinion
… Read the restI developed these ideas when I was thinking about writing a second edition of Teaching Reading Comprehension. Never finished it (at least I had not as of 2018). My ideas about what kids need to learn about F&O before they leave the K-12 system.
Early Articles in my Career
This is the first article I ever published. I like to say that I was the “l” in “et al”
Bormuth, J. R., Carr, J. W., Manning, J., & Pearson, P. D. (1970). Children’s comprehension of between- and within-sentence syntactic structures. … Read the rest
Legacies of Literacy Scholars Interview in 2016 in Boston
During the International Literacy Association Meeting in Boston in July of 2016, Freddy Hiebert interviewed scholars (Michael McKenna, Jan Dole, and me) about our careers in Literacy Education. This is my interview.
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The Impact of Research on Educational Practice: Reading as a Case Study
I gave this lecture at Vanderbilt University in 2008. The thesis is that it often takes many years for educational research to exert its influence on policy, curriculum, and classroom practice. I used several historical and then current examples to illustrate this often fractious relationship. … Read the rest
50 Years of Reading Comprehension Video
I delivered the annual Jeanne Chall Lecture in October of 2015 on my account of the evolution of reading comprehension as both a theoretical and instructional phenomenon. You can also access this as a pdf print account.