CCRC Colloquium: Carol Hammer (Columbia)
Time:
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 12:30 PM to 2:15 PM
Location:
1121 Benjamin Building
12:20pm - lunch served
12:45pm - talk
1:30pm - Q&A
Title: Bilingual Children’s Language and Literacy Development: Home and Classroom Factors
Abstract: TBD
Bio: Dr. Hammer’s research addresses four interrelated areas that focus on young children’s school readiness and academic outcomes. These include: trajectories of children’s language and literacy development; environmental and cultural influences on children’s development; assessment of children’s language abilities; and interventions that promote children’s language and literacy development. Dr. Hammer has a particular interest in bilingual children and children from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds.
