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Dr. Grigorenko specializes in reading and literacy as well as special education. She has taught in public, Christian, and international elementary, middle, and high schools in Colorado, Oregon, Nepal, Indiana, and Ohio. Her research focuses on social and language factors that may constrain students’ reading progress. She came to Cedarville in 2006 and retired in 2020.

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About Margaret C. Grigorenko, Ph.D.

Dr. Grigorenko specializes in reading and literacy as well as special education. She has taught in public, Christian, and international elementary, middle, and high schools in Colorado, Oregon, Nepal, Indiana, and Ohio. Her research focuses on social and language factors that may constrain students’ reading progress. She came to Cedarville in 2006 and retired in 2020.

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Present	Professor of Education, Cedarville University ‐ School of Education
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Education, Disability and Equity in Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, and Special Education and Teaching

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Reading and Special Education

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	Member, International Reading Association
	Member, Literacy Research Association
	Member, National Council of Teachers of English

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Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education - 2011
International Reading Association Distinguished Finalist for Outstanding Dissertation Award - 2011
Deans Service Award, Cedarville University - 2015

Courses

Advanced Study in Developmental Reading
Diagnostic and Remedial Reading: Early Childhood
Intervention and Diagnosis in Reading: Special Education
Reading in the Content Area: Middle Childhood
Developmental Reading: Adult and Young Adult
Language Development for Special Educators
Behavioral and Instructional management: Special Education
Young Children with Special Needs
Special Education Law
Reading in the Content Area: Multi-age
Assessment in Special Education

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	B.S., Bowling Green State University
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	Ph.D., The Ohio State University
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	M.Ed., Cedarville University
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School of Education
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School of Education
Cedarville University
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937-766-3762

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Dissertation (1)

Socially Constituting Middle Childhood Students as Struggling Readers in Peer Interactions (Margaret C. Grigorenko) Education Faculty Publications (2010)

Masters Thesis (1)

Improving Cognitive/Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) of Low-achieving Sixth Grade Students: A Catalyst for Improving Proficiency Scores? (Margaret Grigorenko) Master of Education Research Theses (2005)

Cognitive/Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) is a construct developed by linguists that distinguishes everyday conversational language and language used in literature and on academic tests. The “No Child Left Behind Act” has created impetus for scientifically ...

Book Chapters (2)

Experiencing Risk: Missionary Families in Dangerous Places (Margaret C. Grigorenko) Education Faculty Publications (2014)

Uses of Collective Memories in Classrooms for Constructing and Taking Up Learning Opportunities (Margaret Grigorenko, Marlene Beierle and David Bloome) Education Faculty Publications (2014)

Journal Articles (2)

Fostering Resilient Characteristics in Individuals with Learning Disabilities (Margaret Grigorenko and V. S. Dugle) The ICCTE Journal (2009)

Educational resilience is an important term for teacher candidates in Christian institutions to understand. Resilience can be nurtured and instilled in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities, and teacher candidates can play a vital ...

Learning Over Time: Uses of Intercontextuality, Collective Memories, and Classroom Chronotopes in the Construction of Learning Opportunities in a Ninth-grade Language Arts Classroom (Margaret Grigorenko, D. Bloome, M. Beierle, et al.) Language & Education: An International Journal (2009)

Framed within interactional sociolinguistics, microethnographic discourse analysis, and cognitive science, we examine how intercontextuality, collective memories, and classroom chronotopes were used in generating learning opportunities in a ninth-grade language arts classroom. Five consecutive videorecorded lessons ...

White Papers (2)

A Brief Introduction to Academic Language (Margaret Grigorenko) Education Faculty Publications (2015)

The theoretical concept of “academic language” came from research related to the education of speakers of other languages. Cummins (1981, 1984) made a distinction between “basic interpersonal communicative skills” (BICS) which are the language skills ...

Dyslexia (Margaret Grigorenko) Education Faculty Publications (2013)

Dyslexia describes a difficulty in learning to read, write and/or spell. The term comes from the Greek word ‘dys-‘ which means difficulty with and ‘-lexia’ which means words or language. Dyslexia is an umbrella term ...

Conference Presentations of Refereed Proceedings (1)

Improving Cognitive Academic Language Profiency of Low-Achieving Students (Margaret Grigorenko, Hwang Chi-en and Stephen S. Gruber) American Education Research Association Annual Conference (2007)

Conference Presentations of Refereed Papers (20)

Using Collective Memories to Construct Meaningful Textual Connections in an Out-of-School Program: Implications for the Classroom (Margaret Grigorenko and Betty Ruth Sylvester) Education Faculty Presentations (2018)

Biblical Principles for Classroom Management (Margaret Grigorenko) International Schools Consortium (2017)

GROW: Teaching in Relationship, Learning in Community (Margaret Grigorenko) GROW: Teaching in Relationship, Learning in Community (2017)

Juggling Classroom Demands and Individual Needs: Helping Every Child Make Progress (Margaret Grigorenko) International Schools Consortium (2017)

Transforming Hearts and Minds: Classroom Strategies for Aligning Faith and Learning (Margaret Grigorenko) International Schools Consortium (2017)

Biblical Principles for Behavior Management (Margaret Grigorenko) National Christian Teacher Conference (2017)

Transforming Hearts and Minds: Classroom Strategies for Aligning Faith and Learning (Margaret Grigorenko) National Christian Teachers Conference (2017)

Transformation for EVERY Child: Differentiated Teaching to Address Individual Needs (Margaret Grigorenko) National Christian Teacher Conference (2017)

Collective Memory Servicing Disciplinary Literacy in an Out-of-School Program (Margaret Grigorenko, Betty Ruth Sylvester and S. Dixon) Annual Meeting of the American Reading Forum (2016)

Literacy Research Meets Community Volunteers in an Urban After-school Program: Discourse Surrounding the Use of Collective Memories As a Teaching Strategy (Margaret Grigorenko) Working Conference on Discourse Analysis in Education (2016)

An Examination of Academic Language and Collective Memories as Expanded Teaching Strategies in an After-School Enrichment Program (Margaret Grigorenko, Betty Ruth Sylvester and S. Dixon) National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research (2016)

Discourses Surrounding Academic Language, School Language and Complex Text (Margaret C. Grigorenko, Annis N. Shaver, Cynthia K. Messer, et al.) American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (2015)

Socially Constituting Middle-grades Students as ‘Struggling Readers': Four Cases (Margaret Grigorenko) Literacy Research Association National Conference (2014)

Discourses Surrounding Academic Language: Conceptual Hurdles Moving from Theory to Practice in Teacher Education (Margaret C. Grigorenko, Annis N. Shaver, Cynthia K. Messer, et al.) National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research (NCTEAR) Conference (2013)

This presentation explored qualitative and quantitative research on current perceptions of academic language among Cedarville education students, education faculty, and area high school teachers.

Acknowledging "Out-of-the-Box" Textual Resources to Create Learning Opportunities for Marginalized Students (Margaret C. Grigorenko and Marlene Beierle) Literacy Research Association National Conference (2012)

Kids and Keats: Using Collective Memories to Inspire Literature Connections in an Urban High School Classroom (Margaret C. Grigorenko and A. Hanna) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference (2011)

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