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ERIN MCTIGUE

	Department:	Teaching, Learning, and Culture
	Office#:	222E Harrington Office Building
	Mail Stop:	4232
	Office Phone:	(979) 862-3590
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	Title:	Assistant Professor
	Primary Emphasis Area:	Reading Education
	Vita:	View Document
	Web Site:	http://coe.tamu.edu/~emctigue/home/index.php

Short Bio

Dr. McTigue began at Texas A&M in Fall 2006. She has been a classroom teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels. During her graduate studies at the University of Virginia, she also worked in the McGuffey Reading Clinic, the Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, and the professional development office of Reading First in Virginia. She is interested both in the challenges of reading informational texts (specifically science), and in students' motivation for reading. Currently, she directs the A&M Reading Clinic.

Research Interests

Comprehension of Informational Texts
Multiple Representations within Texts
Reading Motivation
Science Literacy
Socio-emotional Learning through Literacy

Publications^*

1. Yeh, Y. & McTigue, E. M. (accepted). Analysis of graphical representations in state science tests. School Science and Mathematics Journal. ^*

2. McTigue, E. M. (in press). Does �Multimedia Learning Theory� extend to middle school students? Contemporary Educational Psychology.

3. Smolkin, L. B., McTigue, E. M., Donovan, C. & Coleman, J. (in press). Explanation in science trade books recommended for use with elementary students. Science Education

4. Slough, S., McTigue, E. M., Kim, S. & Jennings, S. (in press). Science textbook�s use of graphical representation : A Descriptive analysis of four sixth-grade science text. Reading Psychology ^*

5. Slough, S. W. & McTigue, E. M. (Eds.) (In Press). Special issue on science and reading in Reading Psychology.

6. McTigue, E. M., & Slough, S. (in press). Student-accessible science texts : Elements of design. Reading Psychology.

7. McTigue, E. M. & Rimm-Kaufman, S. (accepted). Using the Responsive Classroom Approach for improving reading and writing. Reading and Writing Quarterly.

8. McTigue, E. M., Washburn, E. K., & Liew, J. (2009) Academic resilience and reading: Building successful readers. The Reading Teacher, 62, 422-432. ^*

9. Liew, J., McTigue, E. M., Barrois, L., & Hughes, J. (2008). Adaptive/effortful control and academic self-efficacy beliefs on literacy and math achievement: A longitudinal study on 1st through 3rd graders. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23, 515-526.

10. Smolkin, L. B., McTigue, E. M, & Donovan C. (2008). Explanation and science text: Overcoming the comprehension challenges in nonfiction text for elementary students. In Block, C. C. & Parris, S. R. (Eds.) Comprehension Instruction: Research Based Best Practices. (pp. 183-195) New York: Guilford Publishing.

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