Noella Mackenzie's recent grants

Noella Mackenzie has forwarded information about her two recent grants:

0-3 LITERACY PROJECT: 2015  

Collaborator: Dr Laura Piazza
This project addresses a gap in early literacy research by examining E.C Educators and parents understandings of how to support the literacy learning and in particular the emergent writing, of children 3 years and younger. Here is an article from the Daily Advertiser about the grant http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/3112559/encourage-your-child-to-scribble  

UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG WRITERS: 2015
Associate researchers: C Phillips and M Bishop (VCAA). 

This project addresses an important concern for Australia in current times given that ‘literacy under-achievement has high social and economic costs’ (Department of Education, Science and Training, 2005, p. 7). The literacy debates to date have focused almost completely on reading and ignored the important role of writing in literacy development.
The project: examines approaches to the teaching of writing in the final year of preschool and the first year of school; measures the impact of different approaches to teaching young writers and investigates the role of children’s drawing in early writing instruction. This study has the potential to significantly influence approaches to the teaching of writing in the first year of formal schooling and by extension improve learning opportunities for students.
Funding: This project is a collaboration project funded by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). The VCAA approached me to speak about my early writing research at a Twilight Seminar in Sept 2014 ($10,000 + travel costs) this led to this collaborative project. Funding - $25,000 (to cover my costs) + costs associated with teacher release for 16 teacher participants (further $25,000) and in-kind support associated with the two associate researchers.

2015 Publications: Grants and Reports

Grants

1. Harrison, L., Phillips, J., Grieshaber, S., Williams, K., Verdon, S., Herbert, J., McLeod, S., & Walker, S. (2015). What is the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's experiences in their early years of school? Piloting a methodology for investigating understandings and insights from educators and children. Excellence in Early Years Education Collaborative Research Network ($30,000)
2. McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., Wang, C. (2015). NAPLAN outcomes and trajectories for children identified with speech and language difficulties at age 4 to 5 years. Commissioned research by Speech Pathology Australia. ($10,130)
3. To, C. K-S., Cheung, K. Y., Law, T., Lee, K. Y. S., McLeod, S., & Ng, M. L. (2014-2015). Investigating prognosis and risk factors of speech sound disorder: A natural history study using a survival analysis approach. General Research Fund, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, China (GRF 17409214).  (HKD = 710,002; AUD = $104,256)
4. McLeod, S., Wren, Y., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Crowe, K., Masso, S., & Roulstone, S. (2013-2015). First-phase support for preschool children with speech and phonological awareness difficulties in NSW DEC preschools. New South Wales Department of Education and Communities Grant ($35,000).
5. McLeod, S., Baker, E. M., McCormack, J. M., Wren, Y. E. & Roulstone, S. E. (2013-2015). A sound start: Innovative technology to promote speech and pre-literacy skills in at-risk preschoolers (DP130102545). Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant ($284,551).
6. Robinson, C., McCormack, J., & Morkel-Kingsbury, L. (2015). Collaborative production of a learning resource: Engaging students through online simulation. CSU Distance Education Innovation Grant Scheme ($30,000)
7. Mackenzie, N.M. (2015). Understanding and supporting young writers: Exploring the teaching and learning of writing in the early years. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). ($25 000 + $25 000 in kind)
8. Verdon, S. (2015). A community-based approach to supporting children’s speech language and literacy development in Fiji. Australian Government Endeavour Award ($24,500)
9. Hopf, S. (2015). Fijian children’s speech language and literacy. Australian Government Endeavour Award ($69,500)

Reports

1. McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & Wang, C. (2015). NAPLAN outcomes for children identified with speech and language difficulties at age 4 to 5 years: Initial Report – 30 April, 2015. Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University.
2. McLeod, S. & Verdon, S. (2015). Longitudinal patterns of language use, diversity, support, and competence. In Department of Social Services (Ed.). Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children Report from Wave 5 (pp. 66-70). Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.

2015 Publications: Conference presentations and invited speeches

Conference Presentations

1. Baker, E., McLeod, S., Masso, S., & Wren, Y. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: Dummies, bottles and thumb sucking in preschool children with speech sound disorders. Presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
2. Baker, E., McLeod, S., Masso, S., Crowe, K., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: The home literacy environment and print knowledge of preschool children with speech sound disorders. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
3. Crowe, K., Cumming, T., McCormack, J., McLeod, S. Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: Educators’ perceptions of supporting speech pathology intervention in preschools. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
4. Crowe, K., McLeod, S., Carty, B., Ching, T. Y. C., & McKinnon, D. H. (2015, July). Spoken language multilingualism and children with hearing loss: Perspectives from parents and professionals. International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, Athens, Greece.
5. Daffern, T., & Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, August) Does proficiency in spelling, grammar and punctuation predict success in writing? European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Cyprus.
6. Daffern, T., & Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, July) Explicitly teaching spelling strategies: Does it lead to compliance or curiosity? ALEA/AATE National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
7. Daffern, T., & Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, September). Does Triple Word Form Theory provide a useful framework from which to assess proficiency in spelling? European Conference on Educational Research, Budapest, Hungary.
8. Davidson, C., & Busch, G. (2015, April). “Struggling with it? I’m an IT Teacher”: Doing online category work about an educational issue. SIG Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning for the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
9. Davidson, C., Danby, S., & Thorpe, K. (2015). Reading from the screen: Making reading salient during young children’s use of digital technologies. SIG annual meeting of American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, IL.
10. Easton, C. & McCormack, J. (2015, July). An ideal world: Increasing awareness of professional beliefs, values and attitudes to improve the support of children with speech and language difficulties in the early years. Australasian Human Development Association conference. Wellington, New Zealand.
11. Edwards-Groves, C. (2015, April). Re-capturing a ‘praxis’ orientation in educational practice: expanding the local through technologies in Kindergarten literacy. American Association for Research in Education Conference. Chicago, IL.
12. Edwards-Groves, C. (2015, July). Enacting dialogic pedagogies: Understanding the repertoire of “talk moves” to improve classroom discussions. CAPiTALiSiNG ON CURiOSiTY:‘ninggi warrguu’. English Literacy Conference Canberra, Australia.
13. Edwards-Groves, C. & McLennan, E. (2015, July). Socially accomplishing group work in a Stage 3 classroom: conversation resources for co-production, collaboration and situated action. CAPiTALiSiNG ON CURiOSiTY:‘ninggi warrguu’. English Literacy Conference, Canberra, Australia.
14. Harrison, L. J., Wang, C., McLeod, S., & Walker, S. (2015, July). Trajectories of teacher-student relationship quality during primary school in children with and without communication impairment and student outcomes at age 12-13. Australasian Human Development Association, Wellington, New Zealand.
15. Harrison, L. J., Wang, C., McLeod, S., & Walker, S. (2015, March). Communication impairment and teacher-child relationship trajectories: Associations with academic and social outcomes at age 12-13. Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
16. Hopf, S. C. & McLeod, S. (2015, May). Agents of intervention for people with communication disability (PWCD) in Fiji. Poster presented at Speech Pathology Australia  conference, Canberra, Australia.
17. Ling, L. & Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, August). Partnerships and professional learning: navigating the unknown. Association of Teacher Education in Europe, Glasgow, Scotland.
18. Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, July) Nurturing young writers: creating multimodal texts from the beginning, ALEA/AATE National Conference Canberra, Australia.
19. Mackenzie, N.M. (2015, September). What Do Preschool Teachers Understand About Children’s Writing Transitions? European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Budapest, Hungary.
20. Mackenzie, N.M. (2015). Nurturing future wordsmiths: A focus on vocabulary, ALEA/AATE National Conference Canberra (July, 3rd-6th )
21. Mackenzie, N.M. (2015). Powerful partnerships in Australia: university, public institution, primary schools and pre-schools, Association of Teacher Education in Europe, Glasgow (22-26th August).
22. Masso, S., Baker, E., McLeod, S., McCormack, J., & Crowe, K. (2015, May). Polysyllable production in preschool-aged children with speech sound disorders. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
23. Masso, S., Baker, E., McLeod, S., McCormack, J., & Crowe, K. (2015, May) Polysyllable production in preschool-aged children with speech sound disorders. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
24. Masso, S., Baker., & McLeod, S. (2015, July). The story of the echidna and the calculator: Using children’s pronunciation of polysyllables to gain insight into their emergent literacy skills. Australasian Human Development Association Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
25. Masso, S., McLeod, S., Baker, E., & McCormack, J. (2015, submitted). Assessment and analysis of polysyllables in children with speech sound disorders. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Denver, CO, USA.
26. McCormack, J. (2015, February). Mapping speech pathology services to need using the Australian Early Development Index. Australian Early Development Census conference, Glenelg, Australia.
27. McCormack, J., Baker, E., McLeod, S., Crowe, K., Masso, S., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: How do children with speech sound disorders feel about their talking? Presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
28. McCormack, J., Baker, E., McLeod, S., Crowe, K., Masso, S., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: How do children with speech sound disorders feel about their talking? Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
29. McLeod, S. (2015, May). Intelligibility in Context Scale: A screening tool for multilingual children in 60 languages. European CPLOL Congress, Florence, Italy.
30. McLeod, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., Roulstone, S., Crowe, K., & Masso, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: A community-based randomized controlled trial for preschoolers with speech sound disorders. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
31. McLeod, S., Crowe, K., White, P., Masso, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (May, 2015). Sound Start Study: Preschool children’s speech and language is of concern for more parents and teachers than other aspects of development. Presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
32. McLeod, S., Crowe, K., White, P., Masso, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2015, May). Sound Start Study: Preschool children’s speech and language is of concern for more parents and teachers than other aspects of development. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia.
33. Neumann, S.,  McLeod, S., Meinusch, M. & Stenneken, P. (2015, March). Verständlichkeit im Kontext (ICF-CY) bei Kindern mit  phonetisch-phonologischer Störung im Vorschulalter. [Intelligibility in Context (ICF-CY) in preschool children with speech sound disorder].  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of University Lecturers in  SLPathology/Teacher Education (dgs), Erfurt, Germany.
34. Pham, B. T., McLeod, S. & McCormack, J. (2015, May). Comparison of consonants, vowels, and tones across three dialects of Vietnamese. Poster presented at Speech Pathology Australia Conference in Canberra, Australia.
35. Verdon, S., & Zeidler, D. (May, 2015) CBR: Community-based research, a model for improving practice with culturally and linguistically diverse populations? Speech Pathology Australia Conference in Canberra, Australia.
36. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2015, July). Supporting multilingual children’s language development in the early years. Australasian Human Development Association Conference in Wellington, New Zealand.
37. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2015, May). Universal principles, individual approaches: The provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate speech pathology services to diverse populations. Speech Pathology Australia Conference in Canberra, Australia.

Published conference papers

1. Garrison, K.L. (2015). Awards with rewards: Implications and perceptions for collection development for youth.  Proceedings from the 44th International Association of School Librarians’ Annual Conference and the International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, Maastricht, Netherlands.
2. Garrison, K.L., & Spruce, R.S. (2015). Self-regulated learning in practice: A comparison of National Board Certified Teacher Librarians and non- National Board Certified Teacher Librarians in the United States Proceedings from the 44th International Association of School Librarians’ Annual Conference and the International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, Maastricht, Netherlands.
3. Grootenboer, P., Edwards-Groves, C. & Rönnerman, K (2015). The practices of ‘middle leading’ in mathematics education. Mathematics education: Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Sunshine Coast. QLD: MERGA. 

Invited speeches

1. Edwards-Groves, C. (2015, March). Enacting dialogic pedagogies: Understanding the repertoire of “talk moves” to promote rich talk in classrooms. The Grange Primary School, Sydney, Australia.
2. Edwards-Groves, C. (2015, September). Powering learning through pedagogical practice: a dialogic movement.  Invited Keynote address at the "The power of building personal capacity - reigniting your energy, fire, and mojo!" International Society for Leadership in Pedagogies and Learning Conference Inc, Toowong, Australia.
3. Edwards-Groves, C. (2015, September). Teacher talk practices as resources for enabling a pedagogy for diversity. Curriculum Connections, Perth, Australia.
4. McCormack, J. (2015, submitted). Challenges in service delivery across five continents. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Denver, CO, USA. [Invited]
5. McCormack, J. (2015, submitted). Research and clinical applications of the ICF in pediatric speech-language pathology contexts in Australia. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Denver, CO, USA. [Invited]