Texas A&M, College of Education and Human Development 222E Harringtontower

Erin M. McTigue

Texas A&M, College of Education and Human Development 222E HarringtonTower

College Station, TX, 77843-4232

m: (979) -255-3668  e-mail: fax: (979) 845-9663

Education

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Doctor of Philosophy: Curriculum Instruction, Advisor: Dr. Laura Smolkin 2006

Dissertation: Graphical support for comprehending science texts:

The contributions of diagram design and text directives

Masters of Education: Curriculum & Instruction 2003

Reading Specialist Certification

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program1998

Bachelor of Arts, Major: Psychology, Concentration: Biology1997

BostonUniversity:School for Field Studies, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI

Marine Biology Resource Management Certificate(study abroad program)1996

University Teaching Experience

College of Education Human Development, Texas A&M University 2006-present

Department of Teaching, Learning, & Culture (TLAC)

Assistant Professor, Reading Program

Director of TAMU Reading Clinic

Honors and Awards

Lynda Brown Faculty Fellowship, TLAC, TAMU2010-2013

Faculty Fellowship for early career achievement

Montague Scholar/Center for Teaching Excellence Award, TAMU2010

University level award (and development grant)for teaching

Outstanding New Faculty Award, CEHD, TAMU2009

College level award for early career achievement in research, teaching & service

George Graham Scholarship Award, Curry School, University of Virginia2006

Department level award for academic achievement

Phi Delta Kappa, University of Virginia2005

Graduated cum laude, Wellesley College1997

Related Professional Experience

Language and Literacy Lab, UVA2005-2006

Research Assistant for Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Consortium project - multi-site study - Dr. L. Justice

“Reading First of Virginia” Professional Development Office,UVA2004-2005

Graduate Assistant in preparation of Summer Reading Academies - Dr. M. Abouzeid

School for Continuing and Professional Studies, UVA 2004-2005

Instructor (web-based), Word Study: Phonics and Language Structure

“Reading First” State Reading Academies, Virginia DOESummers of2003 & 2004

Instructor, Grade 2 &3 Summer Reading Academies

K-12 Teaching Experience

Burnley-Moran Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA2002-2003

Grade 2 Classroom Teacher, SPED inclusion class

WaltonMiddle School, Albemarle County, VA2000-2002

Grade 6 Reading/Language Arts Teacher: Remedial, Standard, & Honors levels

HatherlyElementary School, Scituate, MA1998-2000

Grade 3 Classroom Teacher, SPED inclusion class

Publications

Semantic Map of Research Areas of Focus

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

(co-authors: *Ph.D. student, **M.Ed. student, ***B.A. student)

Yeh, Y.*, McTigue, E. & Joshi, M. (in press). Moving from explicit to implicit: A case study of improving inferential comprehension. Literacy Research & Instruction.

McTigue, E. & Flowers, A.*** (in press). Visual literacy in science texts: Elementary students’ perceptions and understandings of common diagrams. The Reading Teacher.

Sadoski, M., McTigue, E., & Paivio, A. (in press). A Dual Coding Theoretical Model of Decoding in Reading: Subsuming the LaBerge and Samuels Model. Reading Psychology.

Coleman, J., McTigue, E. M.,& Smolkin, L. B. (in press). Elementary teachers’ self-reported use of graphical representations: Implications for the teaching of science. Journal of Science Teacher Education.(published online on 7/15/2010:

McTigue, E. M. & Rimm-Kaufman, S. (2011). Integrating the Responsive Classroom Approach for improving reading and writing. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 27, 11-23.

McCormick, M., & McTigue, E. (2011). Teacher read alouds make science come alive. Science Scope, 36, 41-45.

McCrudden, M. T., McCormick, M., & McTigue, E.(2011). Do the spatial features of an adjunct display that readers complete while reading affect their understanding of a complex system?International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 9(1), 163-185.

McTigue, E. M. (2010). Teaching young readers imagery through storytelling: What color is the monkey? The Reading Teacher, 64, 53-56.

McTigue, E. M. & Flowers, A.,*** (2010) Illustration inquiry: Visual literacy in science. Science Scope, 33, 17-22.

McTigue, E. M., & Scott, C. E.,* (2010), Getting Kids Ready to Read … and Keeping it Going!New Mexico Journal of Reading.31, 16-20.

Slough, S., McTigue, E. M., Kim, S.* & Jennings, S.* (2010). Science textbooks’use of graphical representation: Descriptive analysis of four sixth-grade science texts. Reading Psychology, 31, 301-325.

McTigue, E. M.Slough, S. (2010). Student-accessible science texts: Elements of design. Reading Psychology, 31, 213-227.

McTigue, E. M. (2009). Does “Multimedia Learning Theory” extend to middle school students? Contemporary Educational Psychology, 34, 143-153.

Yeh, Y.*McTigue, E.M. (2009). The frequency, variation, and function of graphical representations within standardized state science tests. School Science and Mathematics, 109, 435-450.

Smolkin, L. B., McTigue, E. M., Donovan, C. & Coleman, J. (2009). Explanation in science trade books recommended for use with elementary students. Science Education, 93, 587-610.

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

Liew, J., McTigue, E. M., Barois, L.* & Hughes, J. (2008). Adaptiveeffortful 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.

Book Chapters

Liew, J. & McTigue, E. (2010) Educating the whole child: The role of social and emotional development in achievement and school success. In L. E. Kattingon (Ed.), Handbook ofCurriculum Development, (pp. 465-478) New York: Nova Science Publishers.

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.

McTigue, E. M., Beckman, A. R., & Kaderavek, J. N. (2007).Assessing literacy motivation and orientation. In Pence, K. L (Ed.) Assessment in Emergent and Early Literacy. (pp. 481-518) San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Linsey, J., Hammond, H., & McTigue, E. (accepted). Sketched-Truss Recognition Tutoring System: Improved Student Learning through Active Learning and Immediate Student Feedback. Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

ManuscriptsUnder Review

McTigue, E., & Liew, J. (minor revisions). Principles and practices for building self-efficacy in middle grades Language-Arts classrooms. Clearing House.

Graham, L., & McTigue, E. (minor revisions)Where are the Word Wizards in Your Classroom: Create Them!New Mexico Journal of Reading.

Goolsby, R.*, McTigue, E. & Sadoski, M. (under review).Story response of middle school readers: Relationship between imagery, emotion, and structural importance.

Smolkin, L., McTigue, E. & Yeh, Y.* (under review). Examining outstanding science trade books: What can we learn from Coh-Metrix?.

Jones, L.** & McTigue, E. (under review). Lights, Camera, Poetry.

Coleman, J. & McTigue, E. (under review). Beyond Pointing: Teaching Visual Literacy in science text read-alouds.

Select Manuscriptsin Process

Still, K.**McTigue, E. (in preparation). The roles of fluency and prosody for adolescent readers: A case study.

Yeh, Y.*McTigue, E. (in preparation). Meta-analysis regarding the impact of character perspective-taking in comprehension of narrative text.

McTigue, E., Jennings, S.*, Havens, L.**, & Helfeldt, J. (in preparation) Validity and reliability of current IRIs

McCormick, M., McTigue, E., Scott, C., & McCrudden, M. (in preparation) Graphical organizer design and types of science learning: A study of middle school students.

Graham, L., McTigue, E.,Binks, E., Scott, C.*, Allaith, Z.*, & Yulia, A.*, (in preparation) Reading Theories – which ones are driving our current instruction?

Peer-Reviewed Presentations

Zhao, J.*, Yeh, Y.*, Dixon, L.Q., Joshi, R. M., & McTigue, E. (2011, July). A Cross-group and Cross-linguistic Study of the Effect of Morphological Awareness on Literacy Skills in Chinese-English Bilinguals. To present at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), St. Pete Beach, FL.

Linsey, J., McTigue, E. & Hammond, H. (2011, June). Sketched-Truss Recognition Tutoring System: Improved Student Learning through Active Learning and Immediate Student Feedback. To present at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Wiese, P., Douglas, A.* & McTigue, E. (2011, May). Connecting with literature and writing about it: Using Reading-Writing Workshops and Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) to improve student writing and assessment. To present at International Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL.

Scott, C.E.* & McTigue, E. M. (2011, February).Comparison of Pre-service teachers' learning through implementation of active learning strategies, interactive-white board, or lecture instruction.Southwest Educational Researchers Association. (SERA)

Goolsby, R.,* McTigue, E., & Sadoski, M. (2010, December). Imagination in story response of middle school readers: Relationship between imagery, emotion, and structural importance. Presented at the annual conference of Literacy Research Association (LRA)(formerly NRC), Fort Worth, TX.

Yeh, Y.*, McTigue, E., & Joshi, M. (2010, December). Case Study of a struggling comprehender: Strategies to improve inferential comprehension. Presented at the annual conference of Literacy Research Association (LRA), Fort Worth, TX.

Kim, S.*, McTigue, E., & Helfeldt, J. (2010, December).Comparison of education, business, and engineering undergraduate students’ Internet use and their awareness, confidence, and competence in using New Literacies. Presented at the annual conference of Literacy Research Association (LRA), Fort Worth, TX.

McTigue, E., Washburn, E.*, & Liew, J. (2010, April) Building Successful Readers: Academic Resilience. Presented at the annual conference of the International Reading Association (IRA), Chicago, Illinois.

McCrudden, M., McCormick, M.., & McTigue, E. (2009, April).Examining the effectiveness of different types of adjunct displays on learning from science text.Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California.

Jennings, S.*, Kim, S.,* Slough, S. & McTigue, E. (2009, February). Science textbooks' use of graphical representation: A descriptive analysis of four sixth grade science texts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Teacher Educators (ATE), Dallas, TX.

Slough, S., McTigue, E. M., Kim, S.*Jennings, S.* (2009, January) Science textbooks’ use of graphical representation. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), Hartford, CT.

McTigue, E. & Yeh, Y.* (2008, December) Diagrammatic literacy skills required for state science tests. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.

McTigue, E. & Croix, A.*** (2008, December) An investigation of young learners’ diagrammatic literacy.Presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.

Smolkin, L., McTigue, E., Donovan, C. & Yeh, Y.* (2008, December) Examining outstanding science trade books: What can we learn from Coh-Metrix?. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.

Liew, J., McTigue, E. M., Barrois, L. & Hughes, J. (2008, April). I am, therefore I think: Effortful control, academic self-efficacy, and achievement in early grade school. Presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

McTigue, E. M., Carlin, B.* & Coleman, J. (2007, December). The integration of text and supporting graphics in science trade books. Presented at annual meeting of National Reading Conference (NRC), Austin, TX.

McTigue, E. M. (2006, December). The contributions of graphics to middle school readers’ comprehension. Presented at annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Los Angeles, CA.

Smolkin, L. B., Donovan, C. A., McTigue, E. M., & Coleman, J. (2005, December). Scientific reasoning in science trade books recommended for elementary science instruction. Presented at annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Miami, FL.

Hansen, J., McTigue, E. M., & Suskind, D. (2003, November). Writing across the curriculum. Presented at annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Francisco, CA.

Invited Presentations/Workshops/Seminars

McTigue, E., (2010, November) Online Writing Groups. Presentation for CEHD Advisory Council. CEHD, Texas A&M University.

McTigue, E., Field, M.*, & Atilola, F.* (2010, October). Mechanix: The development and application of a “Virtual TA” software program for Engineering undergraduate students. Presentation for Science Education Seminar, TLAC, TexasA&MUniversity.

McTigue, E. & Graham, L. (2010, June). Integrating Texas CCRS Standards with quality literacy instruction. Presentation for TAMU Collaborative Summer Institute, College Station, TX.

McTigue, E. & Washburn, E.* (2009, October). Building Self Efficacy for Struggling Readers. Half-Day Workshop at Neuhaus Education Center for Dyslexia, Bellaire, TX.

McTigue, E. (2009, March). The role of images in the comprehension of science texts. Paper presentation forLearning, Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

McTigue, E. (2009, January). The effect of visual adjunct displays on the comprehension of science texts. Paper presentation at University of Texas, Austin, TX.

McTigue, E. (2008, October). Beyond readability: Characteristics of considerate text. Half-Day Workshop at Neuhaus Education Center for Dyslexia, Bellaire, TX.

McTigue, E. (2008, November). Self-Efficacy in reading: Understanding andpromoting. Presenter at bi-annual meeting of the International Dyslexia Association – Brazos Valley Branch, Bryan, TX.

McTigue, E. (2008, March). Examining the effectiveness of adjunct displays on learning from science text. Paper presentation for Science Education Seminar, TLAC, TexasA&MUniversity.

McTigue, E. (2007 & 2008). Understanding the Reading Wars. Guest Speaker for Introduction to Educational Psychology, EPSY,TexasA&MUniversity.

McTigue, E. (2006, November). Explanation in science trade books recommended for use with elementary students. Paper presentation for Science Education Seminar, TLAC, Texas A&M University.

McTigue, E. (2006, September). Does Multimedia Learning Theory extend to middle grade students? Paper presentation for Language Studies Group, TLAC, Texas A&M University.

McTigue, E. (2004, February). Comprehension strategies for non-fiction texts. Full Day Workshop presented to educators at Bluefield County Schools, Bluefield, VA.

McTigue, E. (2004, May). Managing word study in a multi-level classroom. Workshop presented to educators at Greene County Schools, Stanardsville, VA.

Funding Activity

CurrentGrants

National Science Foundation: Learning to Innovate Through Bioinspired Design. PI: J. Linsey. Co-PI: D. McAdams, E. McTigue. Awarded $399,892 to investigate innovative learning mechanisms for engineers through the use of analogies from biology and nature. McTigue’s portion: $53,649 of salary support in 2010-13 (Awarded September 2010)

National Science Foundation: Sketch-Trussed Recognition Tutoring System: Improving student learning through creative visualization, active learning, and immediate student feedback, PI: J. Linsey, Co-PIs: T. Hammond & E. McTigue. Awarded $199,769 totalto develop and assess sketch recognition tutoring program with variable feedback levels for mechanical engineering students. McTigue’s portion: $31,588 of salary support in 2010-12 (Awarded January 2010).

Previous Funding

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI): Developing a New Course in Transportation Infrastructure Finance: Applying Dual Coding Model of Cognition to Engineering Education, PI: I. Damnjanovic, Co-PI: E. McTigue & S. Vadali. Awarded $60,000 by the University Transportation Center for Mobility. McTigue’s funding portion: $5,661 salary support in 2010. (Awarded December 2009)

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Division:TAMU Educator Preparation Collaborative for Enhancing College and Career Readiness in Texas, PI: H. Waxman, Co-PI and Director: J. Stillisano, Co-PIs: Dennie Smith & L. Kelly . Faculty Participants: G. Allen, C. Boettcher, F. Clark, J. Hammer, E. McTigue, Y. Padron & T. Scott, Awarded $500,000. McTigue’s funding: 1.5 month’s salary over 2009-10 (Awarded August 2009)

Increasing the extent of multicultural literature integration within Content Area Literacy. Awarded $800 from Center for Teaching Excellence Incentive Grant Programfor the purchase of materials for class-research project in RDNG 649, Spring 2009. (Awarded October 2008)

Verizon Early Literacy On-line Project, PI: B. Erwin, Co-PIs: T. Davis, J. Denton & E. McTigue. Awarded $94,340 from the Verizon Foundation, to develop five on-line, early literacy modules for children in grades Pre-K through grade three. McTigue’s funding: $10,000 salary (Awarded December 2006).

National Center for Educational Statistics: Awarded $1,500 to travel and attend Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) Database Use for Research & Policy Discussion Seminar (Awarded May 2004)

University Level Teaching Experience

Courses Taught at Texas A&M University

AdvisingMentoringof Graduate Students

Doctoral Students Completed as Chair/Co-Chair

Suyeon Kim (2010) A Comparison of Education, Business, and Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Internet Use and their Awareness, Confidence, and Competence in Using New Literacies (Co-Chair with Dr. Helfeldt)

Doctoral Students Completed as Committee Member

Suzanne Carreker (2010) The development of listening and reading comprehension screening measures to inform instructional decisions for end-of-second grade students.

Michelle Simms (2010) Development of an Academically-Based Entertainment-Education (ABEE) Model: Co-opting Behavioral Change Efficacy of Entertainment-Education for Academic Learning Targeting the Societal Landscape of U.S. Geographic Illiteracy.

Rhonda Goolsby (2010)Improving Written Patient Education Materials through Readability and Concreteness.

Yi-fen Yeh (2010) Adolescent Learners’ Chinese-English Morphological Awareness Transfer.

Erin Washburn (2009) Teacher Knowledge of Basic Language Concepts and Dyslexia:

Are Elementary Teachers Prepared to Teach Struggling Readers?

Yi-Chun Liu(2009) The Utilization of Listening Strategies in the Development of Listening Comprehension among Skilled and Less-skilled Non-native English Speakers at the College Level.

Completed Masters Students by Graduation Date

2008

Current Students

(C) Coursework in Process (E) – Preliminary Exams Passed; (P)- Proposal Approved

Service Activity