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Special Education and Literacy Studies
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5258 USA | (269) 387-5935
Faculty Members Conduct Roundtable Presentation
Feb. 5, 2014

Dr. Lauren Freedman, Professor of Literacy Studies, and Ms. Kelly Killen, a fifth-grade teacher at Kalamazoo Public Schools and Adjunct Instructor of Literacy Studies, recently presented at the Literacy Research Association. Dr. Freedman and Ms. Killen had a roundtable presentation entitled “Road Trips: The Impact of Inquiry Learning on Literacy Learning.” In this presentation, they discussed the impact of inquiry learning on areas such as students’ vocabulary growth, student collaboration, and reading development.