Jennifer C Theriault
Biographic Data
| ID | 6008633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer C Theriault |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer C |
| FAMILY NAME | Theriault |
| SIGNATURE | THERIAULT J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7312-7374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tracing the History of Postsecondary Reading Instruction in the Pre‐G.I. Bill Era
Survey research is regularly undertaken across the fields that comprise literacy education and provide historical perspectives of topics of interest at the time. The field of college reading and study skills pedagogy and research has a rich history of surveys being undertaken since the Great Depression. This article focuses on the major and secondary topics of interest as indicated through inclusion in published survey reports from 1928 until 194…
College Students' Conceptualizations of Academic Reading
An important part of college learning is the ability to comprehend complex texts. Research indicates that epistemic beliefs—views about what knowledge is like and how people come to know—may guide readers' goals and behaviors. Metaphor is a tool for uncovering individual's beliefs. This article reports on a study examining 90 beginning university students' conceptualizations—broad‐based understandings and views—of academic reading through collect…
Shifting Identities
The Continued Need for Strategy Investigations
The authors report on a think‐aloud study of college students placed into developmental reading courses as they learned and implemented a new strategy device. The purpose was to investigate the device's potential utility for students, especially given the current practical trends in the field to move away from strategy instruction. Findings suggest that while reading textbook chapters in biology and history, the participants drew on existing text…
The Continued Need for Strategy Investigations
The authors report on a think‐aloud study of college students placed into developmental reading courses as they learned and implemented a new strategy device. The purpose was to investigate the device's potential utility for students, especially given the current practical trends in the field to move away from strategy instruction. Findings suggest that while reading textbook chapters in biology and history, the participants drew on existing text…
Shifting Identities
College Students' Conceptualizations of Academic Reading
An important part of college learning is the ability to comprehend complex texts. Research indicates that epistemic beliefs—views about what knowledge is like and how people come to know—may guide readers' goals and behaviors. Metaphor is a tool for uncovering individual's beliefs. This article reports on a study examining 90 beginning university students' conceptualizations—broad‐based understandings and views—of academic reading through collect…
Tracing the History of Postsecondary Reading Instruction in the Pre‐G.I. Bill Era
Survey research is regularly undertaken across the fields that comprise literacy education and provide historical perspectives of topics of interest at the time. The field of college reading and study skills pedagogy and research has a rich history of surveys being undertaken since the Great Depression. This article focuses on the major and secondary topics of interest as indicated through inclusion in published survey reports from 1928 until 194…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 works) · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Reading (process (2 works)