Expertise

Dr. Murray's research has focused on children's development of phoneme awareness (PA), which is the ability to detect phonemes in spoken words.

His interests have branched out into instruction in spelling, vocabulary, fluency, letter recognition, and oral reading.

Academic Area

  • Reading Education
Communities
Curriculum and Instruction
Degrees
PhD, University of Georgia, Reading Education, 1995
MSEd, Southwest Missouri State University, Reading Education, 1990
MSEd, Southwest Missouri State University, Educational Administration, 1981
BA, Quincy University, Philosophy and Psychology, 1973
Keywords
children's literature human learning and memory language arts reading education writing or composition education curriculum development literacy elementary education