Webinar: The New Science of Vocabulary: AI-Enhanced Approaches to Word Selection
TextProject CEO Dr. Elfrieda “Freddy” H. Hiebert, explores the opportunities to use AI to help strengthen vocabulary instruction and enhance students’ literacy skills.
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Terminology, Texts and Teachers in an AI World
Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert delivered a keynote address during the Reading Hall of Fame Mentoring session organized by the Literacy Research Association on December 5, 2024.
The Science of Word Zones: How Big Data is Building Better Readers
Unlike the strict vocabulary limits of the past, scaffolded texts use language research to create rich learning opportunities. At their core is the organization of words into morphological families – groups that share the same root. This structure comes from analyzing large collections of texts to identify the word families that occur most often at different grade levels.
Revolutionizing Vocabulary Learning: AI’s Contributions to Word Selection in Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers educators a data-driven alternative to intuition-based word lists. By analyzing vast language datasets, AI tools can identify word clusters supporting text comprehension and general knowledge, as well as words with rich webs of related vocabulary.
The Role of Vocabulary in Decoding and Comprehension
Presentation to Wisconsin’s Reading League, October 4, 2024. Download presentation slides as PDF handout Download references (PDF)
Using Story Structure for Comprehension and Enhancing Vocabulary
By exploring vocabulary through the lens of story structure, we empower students to engage more deeply with texts and enrich their vocabularies.
Elevating Adolescents’ Literacies: Recognizing Strengths and Building on Curiosities
It’s time to shift our perspective and focus on recognizing and celebrating the literacies, curiosities, and strengths of adolescents.
Presentation Slides: Elevating Adolescents’ Literacies
Slides from Freddy’s presentation in Pittsburgh, September 2024. Download presentation slides as a pdf file»
Contextual dynamics in reading: Navigating challenges and leveraging opportunities across texts.
Presentation by Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert at the 2024 conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Background Builders: Energy Use in Humans… Read More »Contextual dynamics in reading: Navigating challenges and leveraging opportunities across texts.
ILA Webinar Q & A Highlights: Knowledge Building as the Foundation for Literacy Learning
In these clips from the Q & A session of a webinar for the International Literacy, Cervetti and Hiebert emphasize the importance of integrating content area learning with ELA, cautioning against replacing experiential learning with superficial knowledge in ELA curricula. They advocate for diverse text sets to build depth in students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary, and to foster meaningful engagement and ownership in their learning.