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Barbara H. Bell
Department of Elementary and Middle Grades Education
Assistant Professor; Director, Reading Center
Assistant Professor; Director, Reading Center
Phone: 828-227-3345
Email: bbell@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: 143 Killian
Website: Reading Center
Research Interest: Methods to motivate upper elementary and middle grades reader in learning to read for meaning; analysis of key elements of knowledge and dispositions needed to be a successful teacher of reading; methods to help more young children become successful readers- constructors of meaning
Education
- University of Missouri - Columbia, Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction - Reading Education: holistic theory and practice, developmental reading strategies for K-9.
Dr. Bell is a trainer for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction K-2 Reading Assessment and director of Western's Reading Center.