NICOLE PATTON-TERRY
Nicole Patton-Terry loves helping kids learn to read. She is associate director of the Florida Center for Reading Research at the Florida State University. Patton-Terry works on teams with researchers, students, teachers, designers, parents, and community members. Together they study reading and develop tools that help children read.
WHAT IS THE MAIN GOAL OF YOUR RESEARCH?
Our research helps us figure out how kids learn to read and how they keep getting better at reading as they get older. That way, teachers and families can help all kids learn how to read, no matter who they are or where they come from or even if they have a disability.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A RESEARCHER?
When I was a junior in college, I participated in a summer research program in a school that had bilingual students growing up with Spanish at home and English
