Beverly E. Cox
Associate Professor
Literacy & Language Program
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Research
Research interests include redefining literacy assessment in order to more clearly understand what is effective literacy instruction for varied learners; intergrating quantitative and qualitative designs to improve our understanding of quality literacy teaching and literacy learning, their assessment and documentation; exploring relationships between literacy achievement and developing expertise in using genre and register in writing with young children, older elementary students, and middle school students; exploring how technology can enhance student learning of literacy and content area material.
Education
| Ph.D. |
Northwestern University, 1987, (Literacy) Teaching and Learning Processes |
| M.Ed. |
University of Rochester, 1974, Foundations of Education |
| A.B. |
University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1968, Highest Distinction Literature, Sciences, and Arts |
Selected Publications
- Cox, B. E., Fang, Z., & Otto, B (1997). Preschoolers’ developing ownership of the literate register. Reading Research Quarterly, 32, 34-53.
- Cox, B. E., Fang, Z., & Schmitt, M. C. (1998). At-risk children’s metacognitive growth during the Reading Recovery experience: A Vygotskian interpretation. Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing 3(1), 55-76.
- Cox, B. E. (2004). Young children’s regulatory talk: Evidence of emerging metacognitive control over literary products and processes. In R. B. Ruddell & N. J. Unrau (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (5th ed.) [CD]. Newark, De: International Reading Association.
- Cox, B. E., & Hopkins, C. J. (2006). Building on theoretical principles glean ed from Reading Recovery to inform classroom practice. Reading Research Quarterly, 41, 254-267.
- Fang, Z., Schleppegrell, M. J., & Cox, B. E. (2007). Understanding the language demands of schooling: Nouns in academic registers. Journal of Literacy Research, 38(3), 247-263.
Courses Taught
| EDCI 362 |
Literacy in the Elementary School I |
| EDCI 500 |
Foundations of Literacy |
| EDCI 501 |
Problems in Literacy Acquisition: Evaluation and Instruction |
| EDCI 502 |
Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools (Advanced Level) |
| EDCI 614 |
Emerging and Developing Literacy |
Professional Experience
| 1993-Present |
Associate Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1987-1993 |
Assistant Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1986-1987 |
Part-time Instuctor Northeastern University, Chicago, IL |
| 1986-1987 |
Part-time Instructor National College of Education, Evanston, IL |
| 1985-1986 |
Part-time Instructor Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1982 |
Teaching Assistant Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1982-1985 |
Curriculum Writer and Project Facilitator Collaboration to Improve reading in the Content Areas (CIRCA) Center for the Study of Reading Chicago School Board and University of Illinois, Chicago, IL |
| 1981-1987 |
Part-Time Instructor Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL |