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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
Dr. Sharon Matthews is a Clinical Professor of Literacy in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. Dr. Matthews utilizes her public classroom teaching experiences supported by ongoing supervision and research to guide the preparation of knowledgeable, decisive, and agentive preservice teachers who integrate literacy across all contexts. Her research interests include writing development, disciplinary literacy, and the critical selection and integration of diverse children's literature.

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Texas State University - (San Marcos, Texas, United States)

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University of Oklahoma - (Norman, Oklahoma, United States)

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New Mexico State University - (Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States)

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Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award

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The Impact of Visual Displays on Learning Across the Disciplines: A Systematic Review

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Bridging the Gap: The Use of Translanguaging in Shared Readings

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A virtual coaching model of professional development to increase teachers' digital learning competencies

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Stranger than nonfiction_ Identifying and modeling text structures in fiction picturebooks

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Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

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Instructional strategies documented in text structure literature: A review from 2000-2017

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Developing Pre-Service Teachers' Critical Thinking and Assessment Skills With Reflective Writing

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Digital Literacies and Text Structure Instruction: Benefits, New Language Demands, and Changes to Pedagogy

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Picture books arent just for kids! Modeling text structures through nonfiction mentor books

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Reading Without Words: Cultivating Bi/Multilingual Family Engagement

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Using Children's Literature to Teach the 4Cs of CLIL: A Systematic Review of EFL Studies

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More being, different doing: Illuminating examples of culturally relevant literacy teaching

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Pathways to Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher: Narrative Inquiries into a Translanguaging Read Aloud

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Translanguaging During Shared Read Alouds: A Case Study

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Transacting With Characters: Teaching Children Perspective Taking With Authentic Literature

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Developing and examining validity evidence for the Writing Rubric to Inform Teacher Educators (WRITE)

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Teacher Candidates' Developing Beliefs About Diversity and Its Role in Effective Literacy Teaching

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Critical analysis of research on the impact of visual literacy for learning: strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for improvement

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Texas A&M University; Teaching, Learning And Culture (Tlac); 4232 TAMU

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College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

# inTheNews[].label
Texas A&M Announces 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients

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Stephens, Charity Caye (2018-11). The Effects of a Tiered Learning Matrix on Teachers' Perceptions, Pedagogy, and Sense of Efficacy. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Guo, Daibao (2018-08). The Impact of Visual Graphics on K-12 Students' Learning Across Disciplines. Doctoral Dissertation.