[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Passing of Jean Robertson

[P Pearson]

When I first started attending IRA in the late 1960s, Jean Robertson was
very active in the research strand.  Did seminal work on comprehension,
especially related to the role of connectives in shaping comprehension (RRQ
in about 1968). Her work was prophetic!  She did this without benefit of
the later work of functional linguists and cognitivists who coined the
construct of cohesion to characterize what she came to understand from the
close examination of the syntax of school texts.

I used her work in my dissertation in 1969.

I lost track of her in the late 1970s and early 80s.  But I always admired
the care and creativity of her work.

David


On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Douglas Ray Reutzel <Ray.Reutzel at uwyo.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues in the Reading Hall of Fame,
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> It is with sadness I let you know of the passing of one of our own, Jean
> Robertson.  Norm Stahl will be receiving an obituary to post on Jean's
> RHF webpage.  If you knew Jean, please watch for this information to be
> posted to the RHF Website so that you can express your thoughts and
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> Sincerely,
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> Ray
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