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Full professor and researcher at the School of Education, Associate Dean for Research. She is the co-creator of Dialect, a platform for diagnosing reading skills and Reading, and the creator of Leer+, a platform for practicing reading comprehension and vocabulary skills. Her areas of expertise include creating tools to assess aspects of reading, reading motivation, and training of reading teachers. Her publications include multicultural studies on reading motivation, research on the relationship between different components of reading, and the importance of print environment in the development of literacy skills in children.
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International Faculty, National Paideia Center, Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Visiting professor at Universidad de Costa Rica, San José de Costa Rica (May, 2016)
Visiting professor at Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San José de Costa Rica (September, 2017)
Research interests
Reading development
Reading assessment
Reading diagnosis
Reading instruction
Reading motivation
Reading interventions
Text complexity
Textbook quality
External positions
Area Chair, Literacy Research Association
1 Dec 2018 → 1 Dec 2020
Visiting Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Aug 2017
Keywords
- LT Textbooks
- literacy
- reading assessment
- reading motivation
- reading instruction
- L Education (General)
Open Keywords
- literacy
- reading instruction
- reading assessment
- motivation to read
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Plataforma tecnológica para el diagnóstico de habilidades lectoras tempranas
30/11/15 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
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Desempeño y motivación lectora de niños y niñas
Orellana, P. & Baldwin Lind, P.
Universidad de los Andes Chile
19/11/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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Plataforma tecnológica para la evaluación de habilidades de lectura temprana y diagnóstico de dificultades específicas
3/11/11 → 4/07/14
Project: Research
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A Phase 2 exploratory trial of Paired Reading in Spanish language in Colombia
Thurston, A., Bernal Nisperuza, G. L., Abadía Alvarado, L. K., Cockerill, M., MacKenzie, A., O'Keeffe, J., Garcia Ospina, J. M. & Orellana Garcia, P., 1 Jan 2021, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 106, 101741.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpretación edumétrica de los resultados de EVOC en estudiantes chilenos
Orellana-García, P. & Pezoa, J. P., 26 Jan 2021, In: Estudios Sobre Educacion. 40, p. 195-219 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal exposure to a high-magnitude earthquake during pregnancy influences pre-reading skills in early childhood
Bátiz, L. F., Palmeiro-Silva, Y. K., Rice, G. E., Monteiro, L. J., Galaburda, A. M., Romero, R., Choolani, M. A., Wyneken, U., Orellana, P. & Illanes, S. E., Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, p. 9244 9244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relation between reading comprehension and receptive vocabulary in Chilean students: An exploratory study
Pezoa, J. P. & Orellana, P., 23 Jun 2021, In: OCNOS. 20, 2, p. 7-20 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EVOC: Un instrumento para evaluar vocabulario en español en Chile: Un Instrumento para Evaluar Vocabulario en Español en Chile
Orellana-García, P., Elmore, J., Valenzuela, M. F., Jackson Stenner, A. & Kung, M., 2020, In: Magis. 13, A2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
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