About the Lab

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The Early Literacy and Learning Lab (EL3) is Dr. Shayne Piasta’s research group in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University and located within the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy. We are committed to collaboratively conducting and sharing high-quality research to support children’s literacy development.

Read more about Dr. Piasta and her work.

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Watch this video to learn more about the research topics and projects in the EL3.

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This invited manuscript, written by Dr. Piasta, also discusses the type of research being done in the EL3:

Piasta, S.B. (2016).  Current understandings of “what works” for supporting emergent literacy development in early childhood classrooms.  Child Development Perspectives10, 234-239. (invited manuscript) 

Download it here.