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Courses Taught

Graduate Courses:

RDG 632-Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities

RDG 633-Correction of Reading Disabilities

These courses represent the "Reading Clinic" sequence. In these courses, teachers diagnose and instruct children from our local community who are experiencing difficulty reading.

Undergraduate Courses:

RDG 414-Reading Appraisal

I typically teach this course as a service-learning course at The Baldwin Center in Pontiac, which provides an opportunity for pre-service teachers to learn hands-on through interactions with the children that attend the Baldwin Center's after-school program.

Interests

Early Childhood Literacy

Collaborative Peer Video Analysis for Teacher Preparation

Differentiated, Assessment-Based Literacy Instruction

Degrees

Ph.D.   Doctor of Philosophy in Literacy Education; Summa Cum Laude;

                                    University at Buffalo, SUNY

Ed.M.            Literacy Specialist; Summa Cum Laude; University at Buffalo, SUNY

M.S.             Elementary Education; Summa Cum Laude; Buffalo State College

B.A.             Elementary Education; Summa Cum Laude; North Carolina Central University

B.A.             Psychology; Summa Cum Laude; Buffalo State College

Publications

Christ, T., Chiu, M. M., & Wang, X. C. (in press). Preschoolers’ engagement with reading

behaviours: A statistical discourse analysis. Journal of Research in Reading.

Christ, T., & Cramer, R. (in press). Designing assessment-based reading instruction. Michigan

            Reading Journal.

Christ, T., & Wang, X. C. (2012). Young children’s opportunities to use and learn theme-

related vocabulary through buddy “reading.” Literacy Research and Instruction, 51(4),

273-291.

Christ, T., Arya, P., & Chiu, M. M. (2012). Collaborative peer video analysis: Insights about

literacy assessment & instruction. Journal of Literacy Research, 44, 171-199.

Christ, T., & Wang, X. C. (2012). A pedagogical decision-making model: Selecting meaning

vocabulary words and practices for early grades. Young Children, 67(2) 74-80.

Christ, T., & Wang, X. C. (2011). Closing the vocabulary gap?: A review of research on early

childhood vocabulary practices. Reading Psychology, 32, 426-458.

Christ, T. (2011) More than “right” or “wrong”: A look at children’s vocabulary knowledge

across the semantic continuum. Journal of Literacy Research, 43(2), 130-158.

Christ, T., & Cramer, R. (2011). Assessing word recognition and fluency. Michigan Reading

            Journal, 43(1), 7-23.

Christ, T., Wang, X. C., & Chiu, M. M. (2011). Using story dictation to support young children’s

vocabulary development: Outcomes and process. Early Childhood Research Quarterly,

26(1), 30-41.

Christ, T., & Cramer, R. (2010). Assessing reading knowledge with an informal reading

inventory and connecting the results with informal instructional assessment. Michigan

Reading Journal, 42(2), 34-42.

Christ, T., & Wang, X. C. (2010). Bridging the gap: What research tells us about vocabulary

instruction in early childhood. Young Children, 65(4), 84-91.

Cramer, R., & Christ, T. (2010). Assessing comprehension through informal reading

inventories: Its difficulties and complexities. Michigan Reading Journal, 42 (3), 29-39.

Christ, T., & Wang, X. C. (2008). Negotiation of “how to” at the cross-section of cultural capital

and habitus: Young children's procedural practices in a student-led literacy group. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 8(2), 177-211. 

Cramer, R., & Christ, T. (2008). Old hand, new hand. Michigan Reading Journal, 40 (3), 32-34.

Li, G., & Christ. T. (2007). Social capital and home literacy engagement: Case studies of low-

SES single mothers’ access to literacy resources. English in Education 41(1), 21-36.

Christ, T. (2007). Oral language exposure and incidental vocabulary acquisition: An exploration

across kindergarten classrooms. Unpublished dissertation. Buffalo, NY: University at

Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Christ, T. (2006). Book review: Culturally contested pedagogy: Battles of literacy and schooling

between Mainstream Teachers and Asian Immigrant Parents. Literacy, 40 (2), 123.

Other Information

Professional Affiliations

American Educational Research Association

International Reading Association

Literacy Research Association (formerly National Reading Conference)

Michigan Reading Association