Lauren Capotosto
Associate Professor, Department Chair
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Publications
Capotosto, L. (2024). Examining Complexity in Middle School Students’ Evaluation of Books Introduced by Teachers. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 63 (2).
Capotosto, L., Carrasquillo, R.E., & Vargas, M. (2023). Teaching for integration: An instructional model to integrate the humanities and sciences. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 34(1), 127-151.
Capotosto, L. & Reardon, K. (2022). ‘Somewhat of an abstract concept to grasp’: Exploring potential future educators’ understanding of disciplinary literacy. Journal of Education for Teaching. DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2022.2112508
Capotosto, L. (2021). Examining the use of reader engagement strategies in middle school summer reading lists. Teacher Librarian. 48(4), 8-13.
Capotosto, L., Carrasquillo, R.E., & Vargas, M. (2021). Using disciplinary literacy practices to enhance interdisciplinary instruction. College Teaching, 1-4.
Capotosto, L. (2020). Do third grade students from low-income families have access to
‘just right’ books? Results from a home visit study. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1-26.
Capotosto, L. (2019). Scaffolding choice, increasing access: A summer initiative to
promote middle school students’ book reading. Reading Horizons, 58(3), 71-85.
Capotosto, L., Kim, J.S., Burkhauser, M.A., Park, S.O., Mulimbi, B., Donaldson, M., & Kingston, H.C. (2017). Family support of third grade reading skills, motivation, and habits. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858417714457
Capotosto, L., & Kim, J. S. (2016). Literacy discussions in low-income families: The effect of parent questions on fourth graders’ retellings. First Language, 36(1), 50.
Kim, J.S., Guryan, J., White, T.G., Quinn, D.M., Capotosto, L., Kingston, H.C. (2016). Delayed effects of a low-cost and large-scale summer reading intervention on elementary school children's reading comprehension. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 9, 1-22.
Schueler, B., Capotosto, L., Bahena, S., Gehlbach, H., & McIntyre, J. (2014). Measuring parent perceptions of school climate. Psychological Assessment, 26(1), 314-320.
Kim, J. S., Capotosto, L., Hartry, A., & Fitzgerald, R. (2011). Can a Mixed-method literacy intervention improve the reading achievement of low-performing elementary school students in an after-school program? Results from a randomized controlled trial of READ 180 Enterprise. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 33(2), 183-201.
Lawrence, J. F., Capotosto, L., Branum-Martin, L., White, C., & Snow, C. E. (2012). Language proficiency, home-language status, and English vocabulary development: A longitudinal follow-up of the Word Generation Program. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15(3), 437-451.