 | Mariam Jean DreherMariam Jean Dreher, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously she was an elementary classroom teacher and Title I specialist. Her research interests include ways to integrate informational text into literacy instruction to enhance students’ comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation. Dr. Dreher has published numerous articles and books and has served on many editorial advisory boards, receiving the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Literacy Research. She is a consultant to National Geographic Children’s Books on a series of information books for young children. Dr. Dreher is a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Oulu, Finland. |
All titles by Mariam Jean Dreher:
Developing Conceptual Knowledge through Oral and Written Language: Perspectives and Practices, PreK-12
Edited by Melanie R. Kuhn and Mariam Jean Dreher
Foreword by Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Edited by Melanie R. Kuhn and Mariam Jean DreherForeword by Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Engaging Young Readers: Promoting Achievement and MotivationEdited by Linda Baker, Mariam Jean Dreher, and John T. Guthrie
Teaching Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms: Best Practices to Help Children Read, Write, and Learn from NonfictionMariam Jean Dreher and Sharon Benge Kletzien
