Fatima Terrazas-Arellanes

Dr. Fatima E. Terrazas Arellanes is a Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon. She is a Co-Principal Investigator of COPELLS a three and a half year Research Development grant funded by the National Science Foundation to promote the teaching and learning of Science to English Language Students. She is also a Research Coordinator of ESTRELLAS a three year Research Development grant funded by the Institute of Education Science. From 2004 through 2009, she was a graduate student in the School Psychology Program where she acquired multiple experiences and skills in the areas of literacy and bi-literacy instruction for English Language Learners students of Spanish speaking background and on the use of assistive technology for students with learning disabilities. She is also a teacher from Mexico who has coordinated research projects in areas of Spanish literacy instruction, second language acquisition, and etext supports.

List of sample recent publications:

~ Anderson-Inman, L., Terrazas-Arellanes, F., Slabin, U. (2009). Supported etext in captioned videos: A comparison of expanded versus standard captions on student comprehension of educational content. Journal of Special Education Technology, 24 (3).

~ Horney, M., Anderson-Inman, L., Terrazas-Arellanes, F., Schulte,W., Mundorf, J., Wiseman, S., Smolkowski, K., Katz-Buonincontro, J., & Frisbee, M. (2009). Exploring the effects of digital notetaking on student comprehension of science texts. Journal of Special Education Technology, 24 (3).

~ Terrazas Arellanes, F. T. (2009). “Templates for Direct and Explicit Spanish Instruction” on English Language Learners’ Bilingual Reading Outcomes. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon.