Carol J. Hopkins

Professor of Literacy and Language Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Research

Research interests include investigating the use of a rubric to develop teachers' knowledge of oral reading fluency in young children; administrators' beliefs and practices that support teacher professional development, identifying preservice and practicing teachers' beliefs about literacy teaching and learning and understanding how these beliefs impact instructional practices; effectiveness of Purdue's Teacher Education Programs.

Education

Ph.D.	Purdue University, 1976, Education/Reading and Language Arts
M.S.	Purdue University, 1972, Education/Reading
B.A.	Purdue University, 1971, Elementary Education/French

Selected Publications

• Cox, B. E., & Hopkins, C. J. (2006). Building on theoretical principles gleaned from Reading Recovery to inform classroom practice. Reading Research Quarterly, 41, 254-267.
  
  
• Nierstheimer, S., Hopkins, C., Dillon, D., & Schmitt, M. (2000). Preservice teachers' shifting beliefs about struggling literacy learners. Reading Research and Instruction, 39, 347-361.
  
  
• Hopkins, C. J. (1998). "I'm here to help--what do you want me to do?": A primer for literacy tutors. The Reading Teacher, 52, 310-312.
  
  
• Cox, B. E., Fang, Z., Carriveau, R., Dillon, D., Hopkins, C., & Nierstheimer, S. (1998). Preservice teachers' construction of professional knowledge: Teacher learning about literacy education. In T. Shanahan & F. V. Rodriguez-Brown (Eds.), Forty-seven yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 508-516). Chicago: National Reading Conference.
  
  
• Nierstheimer, S. L, Hopkins, C. J., & Dillon, D. R. (1998). Preceptions of self-as-teacher: case studies of three preservice literacy teachers. In D. J. McIntyre & D. M. Byrd (Eds.), Teacher Education Yearbook: Research on Career-Long Teacher Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
  
  
• Nierstheimer, S. L., Hopkins, c. J., & Schmitt, M. C. (1996). "But I just want to teach regular kids!": Understanding preservice teachers' beliefs about teaching children experiencing difficulty learning to read. Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing, 2(1), 15-24.
  
  
• Hopkins, C. J., Schmitt, M. C., Nierstheimer, S. L, Dixey, B. P., & Younts, T. (1995). Infusing features of the Reading Recovery professional development model into the experiences of preservice teachers. In K. A. Hinchman, D. J. Leu, & C. K. Kinzer (Eds.), Perspectives on literacy research and methods: national Reading Conference Yearbook. Chicago: National Reading Conference, 349-357.
  
  
• Abell, S., Dillon, D., Hopkins, C., McInerney, W., & O'Brien, D. (1995). "Somebody to count on": Mentor/intern relationships in a beginning teacher internship program. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 11(2), 173-188.

Courses Taught

EDCI 307	Corrective Reading for the Classroom Teacher
EDCI 308	Practicum in Reading for the Classroom Teacher
EDCI 363	Literacy in the Elementary School II
EDCI 500	Foundations of Literacy
EDCI 501	Problems in Literacy Acquisition: Evaluation and Instruction
EDCI 590	Developing Supportive Literacy Classrooms

Professional Experience

1998-Present	Professor of Literacy and Language Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2001-2002	Interim head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2000-2001	Assistant Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1983-1998	Associate Professor of Literacy and Language Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1977-1983	Assistant Professor of Literacy and Language Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1976-1977	Visiting Assistant Professor of Literacy and Language Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1974-1976	Graduate Instructor for Literacy and Language Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1975	Instructor for Reading and Language Arts Indiana University, Kokomo, IN