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Director, Center for Urban School Partnerships

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College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
Dr. Wijekumar designs, develops, and tests intelligent tutoring systems to improve literacy practices with students and teachers. She focuses on reading comprehension, writing, and teacher professional development. The web-based tutoring systems and all the supporting materials are available in English and Spanish. Dr. Wijekumar's work has received accolades from the What Works Clearinghouse and U.S. News and World Report. She has received over 60 million dollars in grant funding from many Federal agencies. Currently she serves as Principal Investigator on five US Department of Education grants totaling 17 million dollars in funding.

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5204 Cognitive And Computational Psychology

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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5204 Cognitive And Computational Psychology

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Networking And Information Technology R&d

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Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States)

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellow

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Comparative signaling generated for expository texts by 4th-8th graders: variations by text structure strategy instruction, comprehension skill, and signal word

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The effectiveness of intelligent tutoring systems on K-12 students' reading comprehension: A meta-analysis

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Inferencing in Reading Comprehension: Examining Variations in Definition, Instruction, and Assessment

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The "GIST" of the reading comprehension problem in grades 4 and 5.

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Reading comprehension and motivation in elementary school students using a web-based tutoring system

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Phonemic Awareness: Evidence-Based Instruction for Students in Need of Intervention

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Session details: Software engineering --- 2

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Implementing Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems in K-12 Settings: A Case Study on Approach and Challenges

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Improving Content Area Reading Comprehension with 46th Grade Spanish ELLs Using Web-Based Structure Strategy Instruction

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The effects of web-based text structure strategy instruction on adult Chinese ELLs' reading comprehension and reading strategy use

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Individualizing a Web-Based Structure Strategy Intervention for Fifth Graders' Comprehension of Nonfiction

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An analysis of the ecological components within a text structure intervention

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A Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System for Reading Comprehension Delivered to Fifth-Grade Students Attending High-Poverty Schools: Results From a Replication Efficacy Study

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Real-life problem-based learning environments as a learning tool in information sciences and technology

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Classifying Web Based Discussion Forum Tasks And Learning Outcomes Of Undergraduate Information Science Students

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American Society for Engineering Education

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"What's the Main Idea?": Using Text Structure to Build Comprehension

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Professional development for evidence-based SRSD writing instruction: Elevating fourth grade outcomes

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Web-Based Course Management Systems (WBCMS)

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Assessing diversity disposition of European and American students

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Improving content area reading comprehension of Spanish speaking English learners in Grades 4 and 5 using web-based text structure instruction

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Introduction: teacher perception, self-efficacy and teacher knowledge relating to literacy.

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The effectiveness of educational technology applications on adult English language learners' writing quality: a meta-analysis

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Professional Development in Reading Comprehension: A Metaanalysis of the Effects on Teachers and Students

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Improving self-awareness of nutrition and lifestyle practices through on-line journaling.

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A teacher technology tango shows strong results on 5th graders persuasive writing

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Using Intelligent Tutoring Technologies to Enhance Online Learning Environments

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The role of computer tools in experts solving ill-structured problems

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English Spelling Performance in Writing Samples Among Spanish-Speaking ELLs.

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Implementing Collaborative Learning Research in Web-Based Course Design and Management Systems

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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An Analysis of Grade 4 Reading Textbooks used in Mainland China: Do the Texts and Activities Support Higher Order Reading Comprehension Skills?

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Session details: Software engineering --- 2

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Writing Skills, Knowledge, Motivation, and Strategic Behavior Predict Students' Persuasive Writing Performance in the Context of Robust Writing Instruction

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The effectiveness of simulation in a hybrid and on-line networking course

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Information security curriculum creation: a case study

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Web-Based Text Structure Instruction on Ells' High-Order Reading Comprehension Skills

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Classifying web-based discussion forum tasks and learning outcomes of undergraduate information science students

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Improving content area reading comprehension with 4-6th grade Spanish ells using web-based structure strategy instruction

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Correction to: A cross-orthographic view of dyslexia identification

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Large-scale randomized controlled trial with 4th graders using intelligent tutoring of the structure strategy to improve nonfiction reading comprehension

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Promoting Inference Generation: Using Questioning and Strategy Instruction to Support Upper Elementary Students

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Introduction to the special issue: Teacher knowledge of literacy skills international perspectives.

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Why fifth- and seventh-graders submit off-task responses to a web-based reading comprehension tutor rather than expected learning responses

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Dynamics of learning: time-varying feedback effects within the intelligent tutoring system of structure strategy (ITSS)

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Modeling, assessment, & feedback in web-based tutoring for the structure strategy

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Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Intelligent Tutoring of Structure Strategy for Fifth-Grade Readers

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Cognitive schemas in web-based learning environments: Effects of instant messaging interruptions on undergraduates

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International Perspectives on Spelling and Writing in Different Orthographies: Introduction to the Special Series.

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Web-Based Text Structure Strategy Instruction Improves Seventh Graders' Content Area Reading Comprehension

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Phonemic Awareness: Evidence-Based Instruction for Students in Need of Intervention

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Web-Based Tutoring of the Structure Strategy With or Without Elaborated Feedback or Choice for Fifth- and Seventh-Grade Readers

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NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND SCORING STUDENT WRITING IN WEB-BASED INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS

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Interrupted cognition in an undergraduate programming course

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Introduction to the Special Issue: Textbook Content and Organization-Why it Matters to Reading Comprehension in Elementary Grades?

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A cross-orthographic view of dyslexia identification

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Adaptive Educational Technologies for Literacy Instruction

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Etiology of teacher knowledge and instructional skills for literacy at the upper elementary grades.

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The roles of writing knowledge, motivation, strategic behaviors, and skills in predicting elementary students' persuasive writing from source material

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Using latent transition analysis to identify effects of an intelligent tutoring system on reading comprehension of seventh-grade students

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High-fidelity implementation of web-based intelligent tutoring system improves fourth and fifth graders content area reading comprehension

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Learning, Problem Solving, and Mindtools, Essays in Honor of David H. Jonassen

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Improving reading comprehension in 4 th grade rural and suburban students

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Supplementing teacher knowledge using web-based Intelligent Tutoring System for the Text Structure Strategy to improve content area reading comprehension with fourth- and fifth-grade struggling readers.

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Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems in K-12 Settings

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Technology affordances: the real story in research with K12 and undergraduate learners

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Introduction to the Special Issue: Misalignment, Misinterpretation, and Misappropriation of Literacy Research to Practice and Policy

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Influence of emotions on digital learning

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The effectiveness of simulation in a hybrid and on-line networking course

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Comparing learning outcomes and implementation factors from student-managed vs. Teacher-managed intelligent tutoring systems

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An Analysis of Student Skills and Teacher Practices Across Writing Textbooks in Grades 4 and 5

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Intelligent Tutoring of the Structure Strategy

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An analysis of the ecological components within a text structure intervention (vol 31, pg 2041, 2018)

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Evidence of an Intelligent Tutoring System as a Mindtool to Promote Strategic Memory of Expository Texts and Comprehension With Children in Grades 4 and 5

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DESIGNING STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT WORK FOR STUDENTS - A CASE STUDY IN USABILITY

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Introduction to the special issue: "Teacher knowledge of literacy skills".

# researcherOn[].label
Development of a web-based writing partner (We-Write Persuasively) to improve writing persuasive essays for 5th grade students

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Massively Open Online Virtual Practice-Based Professional Development for Teachers in High Need Schools

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Improving Reading Comprehension of Middle Grades English Language Learners by Combining Structure Strategy with Web-Based Adaptive Tutoring for ESL Learners (SWELL)

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Efficacy and Replication Trial of the Individualized Adaptive ITSS with 4th and 5th Grade Students in High Poverty Schools

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Goal 3 Efficacy Trial of Text Structure Strategy Instruction on the Web for Spanish-Speaking English Learners (SWELL) in Grades 4 and 5

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Goal 3 Efficacy Trial of the We-Write Intervention in Grades 4 and 5

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
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 University Announces 2020 EDGES Fellows