Siegel, Marjorie G. (ms399)

Marjorie Gail Siegel

Professor Emerita of Education
212-678-3401

Office Location:

312A Zankel

Educational Background

B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1973); 
M.S., Major: Reading Education (1979), Indiana University;
Ed.D. Major: Reading Education, Minors: Socio-Psyholinguistics
and Educational Inquiry Methodology, Indiana University.

Dissertation Title: "Reading as Signification" 

Scholarly Interests

Reading in mathematics classrooms. Cultural and critical perspectives on literacy education. Literacy and the arts.  Literacy and Technology.

Selected Publications

Reading Counts: Expanding the Role of Reading in Mathematics Classrooms (Teachers College Press).


"Critical approaches" (Handbook of Research on Reading, Vol 3).


"Supporting students' mathematical inquiries through reading" (Journal for Research in Mathematics Education).


"More than words: The generative power of transmediation for learning" (Canadian Journal of Education).

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