Lorraine Dagostino

Lorraine Dagostino, Graduate School of Education

Lorraine Dagostino, Graduate School of Education

Professor
Phone:
978-934-4620
Fax:
978-934-3005
Office:
O'Leary Library 519

Expertise

Literacy, Critical Thinking & Evaluative Reading, Theoretical Issues in Reading & Literacy, Literature Issues

Research Interest

Literacy, Critical Thinking and Evaluative Reading, Theoretical Issues in Reading and Literacy, Literature Issues

Educational Background

Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.A., College of St. Rose; B.A.,  Russell Sage College

Biosketch


Publications: 

  • Dagostino, L., Carifio, J. Reading Evaluatively and Literacy: A Cognitive View. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.

  • Kanellas, R., Carifio, J., Dagostino, L. Improving The Expository Writing Skills of Adolescents. Lanham: University Press of America, 1998. 

  • Dagostino, L., Carifio, J."Professional Development for University Faculty Through Service". WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (accepted for publication ­ Winter 2001) 

  • Carifio, J., Jackson, I., Dagostino, L. "The Effects of Diagnostic and Prescriptive Teacher Comments on the Essay Revising Behaviors of Community College Students". Community College Journal of Research and Practice 25: 109-122, 2001. 

  • Dagostino, L. "Ideational Conflict: The Key to Promoting Creative Activity in the Workplace". WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, vol. 12 no.2, 1999. 

  • Dagostino, L., Carifio, J. "Scientific Literacy: A Goal of Educating People in the Health Professions". WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, vol. 6, 1996. 

  • Dagostino, L., Carifio, J. "Establishing the Logical Validity of Instructional Activities for Teaching Reading Evaluatively". Journal of Reading Improvement, vol. 31 no. 1, 1994. 

  • Dagostino, L., Carifio, J. "The Attributes of The Literate Reader In A Pluralistic Society". Journal of Reading Improvement, vol. 31 no. 2, 1994. 

Presently working on instructional materials on evaluative reading K-Adult.
Presently working on assessment instruments for literacy K-Adult.

Professional Activities:

Member of various professional organizations: 
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • International Reading Association 
  • New England Philosophy of Education Society 
  • Eastern Educational Research Association 
  • American Educational Research Association 

Served as President and Board member for: 
  • New England Philosophy of Education Society 
  • Massachusetts Association of University and College Reading Educators