Gina Biancarosa, Ed.D.

Gina Biancarosa, Ed.D., a professor at the University of Oregon and expert in reading comprehension assessment, shares her insights on effective comprehension evaluation. She discusses the limitations of traditional methods and introduces MOCA, a new approach focusing on in-the-moment understanding rather than just outcomes. Gina highlights the importance of think-aloud protocols to uncover student strategies and differentiates between paraphrasers and elaborators. She also emphasizes teaching students to connect everyday inferencing to their reading to enhance comprehension.