{"id":297,"date":"2019-12-19T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/?p=297"},"modified":"2019-12-19T05:00:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T05:00:45","slug":"year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/2019\/12\/19\/year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"year in review&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year of growth and development in 2019&#8230; not just for the kiddos that we&#8217;re studying but for the Read Lab too \ud83d\ude42  Here are some <strong><em>highlights<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_7383-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"301\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/?attachment_id=301\" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_7383-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_7383-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>at the Cognitive Development Society meeting in Louisville, KY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 2019 <strong>seven fabulous student researchers  graduated<\/strong> (#scuproud) and <strong>eight new researchers have joined our team<\/strong>. The students in the Read Lab power all of our work and are the friendly faces that the kids interact with, the creative juice behind our kid-friendly stories and games, and the dedicated assistants who code, transcribe, edit and read.. read.. read.. the background literature every week. <strong><em>Our team is our research family <\/em><\/strong>and in 2019 it was a big family indeed!<\/li><li>In 2019 <strong><em>we shared our hottest findings <\/em><\/strong>and works in progress at three international conferences &#8211; the Jean Piaget Society meeting in Portland, Oregon, the Child Language Forum in Sheffield, England and most recently the Cognitive Development Society meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. These meetings help connect the work we do here at Santa Clara with other labs and researchers far and wide, keep us up to speed on what other researchers are up to in the world of early language learning, and give us a chance to gather great ideas and feedback on the best new ways <strong><em>to ask and answer questions<\/em><\/strong> about what and how to enrich the language development of the kids we work with!<\/li><li>In 2019 our newest<strong><em> favorite paper<\/em><\/strong> on how dramatic pausing in read alouds helps children pick up new vocabulary from storybooks came out in the peer reviewed journal <em>First\u00a0Language<\/em> (check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0142723719846583\">here<\/a>!) and we&#8217;re <strong><em>super proud<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>of it. <\/li><li>In 2019 with the support our local family volunteers and partner preschools we wrapped up four different studies with the participation of <strong>over 150 children <\/strong>and their caregivers! Stay tuned in 2020 as we analyze <strong><em>all this data <\/em><\/strong>and can share more findings about how children can (or sometimes can&#8217;t) use rhyme to help them learn, the types of bilingual storybooks that can help children grow their second language vocabularies, and what children learn from hearing their own names in books about sharing &#8211; hint: it may not be how to be better at sharing \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li>And, finally, in 2019 we started planning three new (funny, bilingual, science-y) projects that you&#8217;ll be hearing <strong><em>much more<\/em><\/strong> about in 2020!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/lab-lunch-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"303\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/?attachment_id=303\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/lab-lunch-2.png 542w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2019\/12\/lab-lunch-2-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><figcaption>lab lunch in the sun with the whole research family<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And, now a holiday break before the next year of <strong><em>reading, adventure, and language learning<\/em><\/strong> kicks off&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year of growth and development in 2019&#8230; not just for the kiddos that we&#8217;re studying but for the Read Lab too \ud83d\ude42 Here are some highlights: In 2019 seven fabulous student researchers graduated (#scuproud) and eight new researchers have joined our team. The students in the Read Lab power all of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/2019\/12\/19\/year-in-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">year in review&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1632,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ongoing","category-read-recent","category-recent"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"readlab","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/author\/readlab\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/ongoing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Current and Ongoing Studies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/recent\/read-recent\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Read Lab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/recent\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recent Findings and Presentations<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"It&#8217;s been a busy year of growth and development in 2019&#8230; not just for the kiddos that we&#8217;re studying but for the Read Lab too \ud83d\ude42 Here are some highlights: In 2019 seven fabulous student researchers graduated (#scuproud) and eight new researchers have joined our team. 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