Explore groundbreaking research and innovative instructional strategies designed to support students and educators in mastering the challenges of reading and spelling multisyllabic words. These presentations highlight the latest findings on teacher professional development, the impact of polysyllabic word instruction on student performance and self-efficacy, and the design of effective teaching methods for upper elementary learners.
Presentations & Publications
National Presentations
2024
Traga Philippakos, Z.A. (December, 2024) ​​Writing and Reading Connections: Policies, Challenges, Opportunities, and Evolving Instructional Conditions, presented at the New York State Reading Association Annual Conference, Albany, NY
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., & Picerno, R. (December, 2024). Developing students’ multisyllabic decoding/encoding and teachers’ pedagogy. Paper presented at the American Reading Forum Conference, Charlotte Harbor, FL.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., Davis, A., & Picerno, R. (November, 2024). Development of a scale on multisyllabic word reading and spelling. Paper presented at the American Reading Forum Conference, Charlotte Harbor, FL.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., Davis, A., & Picerno, R. (November, 2024). Professional development considerations when supporting teachers’ knowledge of polysyllabic word reading and spelling in isolation and in context. Paper presented at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Annual Conference.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Adalea, D., Quinn, M., & Picerno, R. (November, 2024). Feasibility and effects of polysyllabic lessons on upper elementary learners’ reading performance, self-efficacy, and anxiety. Paper presented at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., & Davis. (November, 2024). Development of an instructional approach with third to fifth-graders for reading and spelling multisyllabic words. Paper presented at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Annual Conference.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., & Picerno, R. (December, 2024). Decoding and encoding of multisyllabic words: Two cycles of design-based research. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
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Quinn, M., & Traga Philippakos, Z. A. (December, 2024). An experimental study evaluating feasibility and effectiveness of multisyllabic instruction for upper elementary learners. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A., & Quinn, M. (December, 2024). Self-efficacy, affect, and avoidance about multisyllabic reading and spelling with upper elementary students. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M., & Picerno, R. (December, 2024). Decoding and encoding of multisyllabicwords: Two cycles of design-based research. Paper to be presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Atlanta, GA.
Traga Philippakos, Z.A. & Davis, A. (December, 2024). Examination of self-efficacy and affect for writing in different genres: Validation with upper elementary learners Paper to be presented at the Symposium titled., Studies of Writing Motivation and Engagement: Theoretical and Practical Implications at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Atlanta, GA.
Quinn, M., Traga Philippakos, Z. A. (December, 2024). An experimental study evaluating feasibility and effectiveness of multisyllabic instruction for upper elementary learners. Paper to be presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Atlanta, GA.
Traga Philippakos, Z. A. & Quinn, M. (December, 2024). Self-efficacy, affect, and avoidance about multisyllabic reading and spelling with upper elementary students. Paper to be presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Atlanta, GA.
Quinn, M., Traga Philippakos, Z. A.
International Presentations
2024
Traga Philippakos, Z. A. (June, 2024). Evaluation of Multisyllabic Encoding and Decoding with Fifth-Grade Learners. Paper presented at the 23 rd European Conference on literacy.
Chania, Crete, Greece.
Publications
Traga Philippakos, Z. A., & Davis, A.C. (in press). Writing Self-Efficacy and Affect Across Genres: An Exploratory Factor Analysis with Upper-Elementary Students. Reading and Writing Quarterly.
Traga Philippakos, Z. A., Quinn, M. F., & Rocconi, L. M. (2024). Developing multisyllabic decoding and encoding skills with upper elementary learners: Reporting two cycles of design-based research. Developing multisyllabic decoding and encoding skills with upper elementary learners: Reporting two cycles of design-based research. Reading & Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties. Advance online publication.