Professional Background
Professor of Education
Educational Background
1981 Ph.D. (Language and Reading Education). University of California, Berkeley.
1976 M. A. (Education). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1973 Professional Teaching Certificate, Province of British Columbia, Canada. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1972 B. A. (English). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Scholarly Interests
Literacy; technology in education; games in education. Specifically:
• Computer/technology applications in education, multimedia, pre- and in-service education;
• Literacy development, comprehension, memory processes in reading and writing;
• Case-based instruction; "future literacies."
Selected Publications
Kinzer, C. K., & Verhoeven, L. (Eds.). (2008). Interactive literacy education: Facilitating literacy environments through technology. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Routledge/Taylor Francis.
Kapur, M., Voiklis, J., & Kinzer, C. K. (2008). Sensitivities to early exchange in synchronous computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) groups. Computers and Education, 51(1), 54-66.
Kinzer, C. K., & Wilber, D. J. (2008). Computer support in (hi)story construction: Using technology to scaffold students' understanding. In C. K. Kinzer & L. Verhoeven (Eds.), Interactive literacy education: Facilitating literacy environments through technology (pp. 217-244). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Lohnes, S., & Kinzer, C. K. (2007). Questioning assumptions about students' expectations for technology in college classrooms. Innovate, 3(5). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=431
Kapur, M., & Kinzer, C. K. (2007). Examining the effect of problem type in a synchronous computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. Education Technology Research and Development, 55(5), 439-459.
Goldstein, M., & Kinzer, C. K. (2007). Does your knowledge affect my knowledge? assessing the effects of an online social environment on reading comprehension. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds), Proceedings of Ed-Media 2007: World conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia & telecommunications (pp. 1807-1811). AACE: Chesapeake, VA.
Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Cammack, D. W., Kontovourki, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay, S. (2006). Assessing preservice teachers' conceptual change in an internet-based, case instructional environment. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1611-1616). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Cammack, D. W., & Lohnes, S. (2006). Assessing conceptual change in an anchored, case-based environment. In S. Barab, K. E. Hay, N. B. Songer, & D. T. Hickey (Eds), Making a Difference (pp.1136-1142). The Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Kinzer, C. K., Cammack, D. W., Labbo, L. D., Teale, W. H., & Sanny, R. (2006). The need to (re)conceptualize pre-service literacy teacher development: Technology's role and considerations of design, pedagogy and research. In McKenna, M. C., Labbo, L. D., Keiffer, R. E., & Reinking, D. (Eds), International handbook of literacy and technology (Vol. 2, pp. 211-233). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Kinzer, C. K. (2005). The intersection of schools, communities, and technology: Recognizing children's use of new literacies. In R. A. Karchmer, M. M. Mallette, J. Kara-Soteriou, & D. J. Leu (Eds), Using the internet to support new literacies: Innovative approaches to literacy education (pp. 65-84). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Leu, D. J., Kinzer, C. K., Coiro, J., & Cammack, D. W. (2004). In R. B. Ruddell & N. Unruh (Eds), Theoretical models and processes of reading (5th ed., pp. 1570-1613). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Kinzer, C. K. & Leander, K. (2003). Technology and the language arts: Implications of an expanded definition of literacy. In J. Flood, D. Lapp, J. R. Squire, & J. M. Jensen (Eds.), Handbook of research and teaching the English language arts (pp. 546-566). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Lin, X., & Kinzer, C. K. (2003). The importance of technology for making cultural values visible. Theory into Practice, 42(3), 235-242.
Rieth, H.J., Bryant, D. P., Kinzer, C. K. Colburn, L. K., Hur, S., Hartman, P., Choi, H. S. (2003). An analysis of the impact of anchored instruction on teaching and learning activities in two ninth grade language arts classes. Journal of Special Education Technology, 24(3), 173-184.
Leu, D. J., & Kinzer, C. K. (2003). Effective literacy instruction, K-8: Implementing best practice (5th ed.). Columbus, OH: Prentice Hall Publishers.
Bloome, D., & Kinzer, C. K. (1999). Hard times or Cosmetics?: Changes in Literacy. Peabody Journal of Education, 73, 341-375.
Charles Kinzer
Professor of Education
Phone: 212-678-3341
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Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/~ck2117/
Office Hours: On Sabbatical for AY 09-10.
Office Location: 322F Thompson