Gayle Luze Gayle J. Luze
Associate Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1997
M.A., Michigan State Univeristy, 1984
B.S., Iowa State University, 1982

Office: 51B LeBaron
Phone: (515) 294-4045
Email: gluze@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

  • Early literacy skill development
  • Developing and evaluating effectiveness of interventions for children with disabilities
  • Effective use of assessment and progress monitoring for young children at-risk and who have disabilities

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Adapting Programming in Inclusive Settings
  • Developmental Assessment
  • Language and Literacy Development in Children

Professional Organizations:

  • Council for Exceptional Children & Division of Early Childhood
  • International Reading Association
  • National Association of School Psychologists
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children

Recent Presentations and Selected Publications:

Luze, G. & Hughes, K. (2007). Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs). Invited presentation for Iowa Department of Education committee, Altoona, IA.

Raikes, H., Pan, B. A., Luze, G., Tamis-LeMonda, C., Brooks-Gunn, J., Constantine, J., Tarullo, L. B., Raikes, H. A., & Rodriguez, E. (2006). Mother–child bookreading in low-income families. Child Development, 77(4), 924-953.

Peterson, C. & Luze, G. (2006, June). Who Are the Children with Disabilities in the EHS Sample? Paper presented at Head Start's Eighth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Peterson, C. & Luze, G. (2005, November). Language and early literacy for infants and toddlers. Invited presentation for Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc., Marshalltown, IA.

Luze, G. J. & Peterson, C. A. (2004). Improving Outcomes for Young Children by Assessing Intervention Integrity & Monitoring Progress: "Am I doing it right and is it working?" Young Exceptional Children, 7, 20-29.

Carta, J. J., Greenwood, C. R., Luze, G. J., Cline, G., & Kuntz, S. (2004). Developing a general outcome measure of growth in social skills for infants and toddlers. Journal of Early Intervention, 26, 91-114.

Greenwood, C. R., Luze, G. L., Cline, G., Kuntz, S., & Leitschuh, C. (2002). Developing a general outcome measure of growth in movement for infants and toddlers. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 22, 143-157.

Greenwood, C. R., Luze, G. L., & Carta, J. J. (2002). Assessment of intervention results with infants and toddlers. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology IV (pp. 1219-1230). Washington, DC: National Association of School Psychologists.

Luze, G. J., Linebarger, D. L., Greenwood, C. R., Carta, J. J., Walker, D., Leitschuh, C. & Atwater, J. B. (2001). Developing a general outcome measure of growth in the expressive communication of infants and toddlers. School Psychology Review 30, 383-406.