Lynn McQuarrie, University of Alberta
Department of Educational Psychology
Professor
Edmonton, Alberta
lynn.mcquarrie@ualberta.ca
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(780) 492-1146
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Dr. McQuarrie began her academic career at the University of Alberta in 2003, after several years spent working as a elementary school teacher in British Columbia. She completed her doctorate in Special Education from the University of Alberta in 2005. Her academic focus is in language and litera...
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Bio/Research
Dr. McQuarrie began her academic career at the University of Alberta in 2003, after several years spent working as a elementary school teacher in British Columbia. She completed her doctorate in Special Education from the University of Alberta in 2005. Her academic focus is in language and literacy with research interests in reading instruction and intervention in children and adolescents with diverse and exceptional needs, and bilingual special education.
Current projects include a) a province-wide Advancing Adolescent Reading Initiative (AARI) – Building Instructional Capacity for Student Achievement(Alberta Education) b) Instructional supports for teachers working with students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) in inclusive learning environments (Alberta Education) and c) development of assessment tools for measuring phonological awareness (Sign Language and Spoken Language) in young deaf children (National Science Foundation’s Center for Visual Language and Visual learning (VL2)).
Dr. McQuarrie is the Director of the Minerva Deaf Research Lab (MDRL) in the JP Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities at the University of Alberta.
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Current projects include a) a province-wide Advancing Adolescent Reading Initiative (AARI) – Building Instructional Capacity for Student Achievement(Alberta Education) b) Instructional supports for teachers working with students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) in inclusive learning environments (Alberta Education) and c) development of assessment tools for measuring phonological awareness (Sign Language and Spoken Language) in young deaf children (National Science Foundation’s Center for Visual Language and Visual learning (VL2)).
Dr. McQuarrie is the Director of the Minerva Deaf Research Lab (MDRL) in the JP Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities at the University of Alberta.
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