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您好！由实验室舒华老师邀请了University of Cyprus的Timothy C. Papadopoulos来实验室做报告。报告信息如下，欢迎感兴趣的老师和同学来听。

报告时间：5月21日上午10:00

报告地点：英东楼422

报告题目：The Factor Structure and Measurement  Invariance of Phonological Abilities in a Sufficiently Transparent  Language

内容简介：Recent reviews (Melby-Lervåg et al.,  2012) and cross-linguistic (Caravolas et al., 2012) studies examining  phonological skills and their role in learning to read support the pivotal role  of phonological skills as a predictor of individual differences in reading  development. However, in spite of this evidence, research is limited with regard  to the dimensionality, factor structure, and measurement invariance of  phonological skills in early years, when these skills are indeed important. This  presentation addresses systematically the issues of conceptualization and  structural invariance of phonological skills in a longitudinal data set. This is  achieved by selecting and testing the fit of several theory-driven models that  have often been studied in isolation. This is made possible by using an  innovative approach, that of nested factor modeling, along with the use of IRT  analysis. As a result, this presentation aims to contribute to the theoretical  understanding of the structure, measurement, and development of phonological  abilities in western languages and discuss the direct educational implications  with regard to the instruction of these skills in early years. 

报告人简介：

Dr. Papadopoulos pursued his graduate  studies at the University of Alberta, Canada in Educational Psychology, where he  also worked as Research Associate at the JP Das Centre on Developmental and  Learning Disabilities. His research focuses on the study of learning  disabilities and their treatment and specifically on (a) various aspects of  reading development and dyslexia (development, cognition, and pathology), (b)  attention deficits (attention, executive functioning, inhibition, and processing  speed) and (c) the development of web-based cognitive remedial programs. His  research projects have been funded, apart from national agencies, also by the  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Foundation for  the Advancement of Scholarship in Canada, the EU Interreg II funds, the FP6 EU  funds for Applied Research Projects for Cyprus and, more recently, the FP7 EU  infrastructure funds for Cyprus. Dr. Papadopoulos is among the founding members  of the newly launched Centre for Applied Neuroscience (CAN) at the University of  Cyprus which aims to study human normal and abnormal behavior and mental  processes with procedures, methods, and theoretical approaches that are informed  by contemporary neuroscience and biological perspectives of behavior. Dr.  Papadopoulos has been visiting scholar at University of Trømsø (Norway), Queen’s  University (Canada), University of Sheffield (U.K.), Jyväskylä University  (Finland), University of Crete (Hellas), and University of Alberta (Canada).  Suggested Readings: Caravolas, M., Lervåg, A., Mousikou,  P., Efrim, C., et al. (in press). Common patterns of prediction of literacy  development in different alphabetic orthographies. Psychological Science.  doi: 10.1177/0956797611434536.Melby-Lervåg, M., Halaas-Lyster, S.  A., & Hulme, C. (2012). Phonological skills and their role in  learning to read: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 138,  322-352. Papadopoulos, T. C., Kendeou, P.,  & Spanoudis, G. (in press). Investigating the factor structure and  measurement invariance of phonological abilities in a sufficiently transparent  language. Journal of Educational Psychology. doi:  10.1037/a0026446.Papadopoulos T. C., Spanoudis, G.,  & Kendeou, P. (2009). The dimensionality of phonological abilities in Greek.  Reading Research Quarterly, 44, 127-143.

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