Dr. Sarah B. Nixon
Department
School-Teaching Learn and Develop Sci
Role:
Faculty
Campus:
Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
School-Teaching Learn and Develop Sci
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
Details
Education
- PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, 1998, Kent State University
Areas of Emphasis: Literacy & Multicultural/International Education - MSEd, Reading, 1991, Southwest Missouri State University
- BAEd, English and Spanish, 1986, University of Dallas
Teaching
- Foundations of Literacy
- Assessing & Personalizing Literacy Instruction
- Improving Reading & Writing in Secondary Classrooms
- Diversity Issues in Literacy & the Content Areas
- Content Area Literacy
- Psychology of Literacy
- Curriculum Design in Literacy
- Seminar in Literacy
- Thesis in Literacy
- Thesis for MAT students
- Supervision of Student Teachers
Research and professional interests
- Cross-cultural proficiency with preservice & inservice teachers
- Struggling adolescent readers in high poverty schools
- The use of ERR Instructional Framework & content literacy strategies in various disciplines at middle school, high school, & college level; especially science, language arts, TESOL & world languages [Spanish, French, Latin]
Awards and honors
- Sabbatical Leave; Spring 2008; An investigation of the use of current teaching strategies with former students in content area literacy courses
- Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2006; Active learning and critical thinking in a college science course
- J. William Fulbright Teaching Fellow at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia; 2003-2004; Methodology for active learning and critical thinking
- J. William Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Candidate; 2003-2008
- University Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 2001
- College of Education Service Award, Missouri State University; 2000
- College of Education Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 1999
- Reading & Writing for Critical Thinking International Educator in Bulgaria; Sponsors: International Reading Association & Open Society Foundation; 1998-2003