Professional Background
Associate Professor of Education and Psychology
Educational Background
B.S., M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Scholarly Interests
Teaching of the deaf and hard of hearing. Linguistics of English and ASL. Literacy development. Text structure. School psychology. Auditory streaming.
Selected Publications
Reading and Hearing Impaired Individuals (Alexander Graham Bell Association).
"Metacognition, metalinguistics and intervention" (Applied Psycholinguistics).
"The psycho-educational assessment of hearing impaired children" (Auditory Disorders in School Children).
"Educational consideration of at-risk hearing impaired children" (Speech, Language and Hearing Services in the Schools).
"Teachers-as-researchers: Supporting professional development" (Volta Review).
"Multihandicapped, hearing impaired students as thinkers and ‘feelers'" (Volta Review).
Robert E Kretschmer
Associate Professor of Education and Psychology
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