Dr. Paola Uccelli

Biography

Paola Uccelli is the John H. Elisabeth Hobbs Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, specializing in Cognition Education. She has a profound expertise in developmental linguistics and socio-cultural differences affecting multilingual and monolingual students' language development during their school years. Her research focuses on identifying high-utility language skills that support literacy and learning across various academic domains. This includes the development of the Core Analytical Language Skills (CALS) instrument, contributing significantly to understanding how students' language resources are utilized in literacy learning from early grades. Uccelli’s work has been validated across multiple languages and includes collaborations with international research teams to extend her findings in diverse cultural contexts. She also investigates the dynamics of language development in students, emphasizing the importance of student-teacher and student-parent interactions in enhancing educational outcomes. Uccelli is engaged in international comparative studies to explore factors contributing to student literacy and civic engagement, particularly in under-resourced educational settings.

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