Irma Brasseur-Hock, PhD


Irma Brasseur-Hock
  • Lecturer
  • Academic Program Associate
  • Assistant Research Professor

Contact Info

Joseph R. Pearson Hall, 539
Lawrence
1122 West Campus Road
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography

Irma Brasseur-Hock, PhD, is an Research Associate at KUCRL. Her research interests include adolescent literary, instructional technology, coaching, and instructional sustainability. She has extensive experience as a classroom teacher and is highly regarded for her skills as a professional development specialist in adolescent literary and secondary school change.

Dr. Brasseur has served as Co-PI or project manager on an IES reading intervention development grant, a Striving Readers efficacy study, a teacher quality development grant, and an IES measurement grant. In these leadership roles, Dr. Brasseur’s work has focused on systems change, instructional delivery, and adolescent literacy. She has co-authored dissemination work from these studies in numerous peer-reviewed, scholarly works and presentations, including publications found in Learning Disability Quarterly, the Journal of Learning Disabilities, and the Journal of Learning and Individual Difference.

Education

Ph.D. in Special Education, The University of Kansas, 2005, Lawrence, KS
M.A. in Special Education, East Michigan University, 1990
B.S. in Special Education, Central Michigan University, 1984

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Scheuermann, A. (in progress). The investigation of Blended/Flipped learning environments and instructional implications. Journal of Special Education Technology.

Hock, M.Bulgren, J., & Brasseur-Hock, I.F. (pending). The Strategic Instruction Model: Effective Instruction for High School Students with Learning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., Hock, A. J., & Duval, B. (2015). The Effects of a comprehensive reading program on reading outcomes for middle school students with disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 50(2), 195-212.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. B., & Deshler, D. D. (2014). Responding to the needs of adolescents with severe reading disabilities. New England Reading Association Journal, 49(2), 9-18.

Knight, J. M., Bradley, B. A., Hock, M. F., Sktic, T. M., Knight, D., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., & Hatton, C. (2012). Record, replay, reflect: Videotaped lessons accelerate learning for teachers and coaches. Journal of Staff Development, 33(2), 18-23.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F., Hock, M. F., Biancarosa, G., Kiefer, M., & Deshler, D. D. (2011). Adolescent struggling readers in urban schools: Results of a latent class analysis. Journal of Psychology and Education: Learning and Individual Differences, 21, 438-452.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur, I. F., Deshler, D. D., Catts, H. W., Marquis, J., Mark, C. A., & Wu Stribling, J. (2009). What is the reading component skill profile of adolescent? struggling readers in urban schools. Learning Disability Quarterly, 32(1), 21-38.

Brasseur, I., Gildroy, P., Schumaker, J., Deshler, D., Begun, W., & Passman, B. (2004). Profiling the quality of educational programs for adolescents with disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children, 37(2), 62-65.

Book Chapters

Hock, M.F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2015). Comprehension instruction for at-risk students. In S.R. Paris, D. Fisher, & K. Headley (Eds.) Adolescent literacy, Field tested: Effective solutions for every classroom, 2nd Ed. The International Reading Association.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F., Deshler, D. D., & Hock, M. F. (2015). Reading comprehension instruction for middle and high school students in English language arts: Research and evidence-based practices. K.L. Santi, & D.K. Reed (Eds.), Improving Reading Comprehension of Middle and High School Students, Literacy Studies 2nd Ed., 10, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14735-2_5

Hock, M. F., Brasseur, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2015). Possible selves and learners. In S. Lopez & A. Beauchamp, (Eds.), The encyclopedia of positive psychology 2nd Ed. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Bradley, B., Knight, J., Harvey, S., Hock, M., Knight, D., Skrtic, T., Brasseur-Hock, I., & Deshler, D. (2013). Improving instructional coaching to support middle school teachers in the United States. In T. Plomp, & N. Nieveen (Eds.), Educational design research – Part B: Introduction and illustrative cases. pp. 299-318).

Brasseur-Hock, I. F., Deshler, D. D., & Hock, M. F. (2012). Reading comprehension instruction for middle and high school students in English language arts: Research and evidence-based practices. In K. Santi & D. Reed (Eds.). Improving comprehension instruction for middle and high school students.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2009). Literacy interventions for adolescent struggling readers. In S.R. Paris, D. Fisher, & K. Headley (Eds.) Adolescent literacy, Field tested: Effective solutions for every classroom. (pp. 129-142). Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2008). Nurturing motivation through possible selves. In S. Lopez & A. Beauchamp (Eds.), The encyclopedia of positive psychology. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2008). Comprehension instruction in action: The at-risk student. In C. C. Block & S. R. Parris (Eds.), Comprehension instruction: Research-based best practices (2nd ed., pp. 271-293). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Books/Instructional Manuals

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2012). Possible selves for readers. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Brasseur, I.F., Hock, M.F., Deshler, D.D. (2012). Fusion Reading: Establish the Course. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M.F., Brasseur, I.F., Deshler, D.D. (2012). The PASS Strategy. Chicago, IL: McGraw- Hill Education.

Brasseur, I.F., Hock, M.F., Deshler, D.D. (2012). The Book Study Program. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M.F., Brasseur, I.F., Deshler, D.D. (2012). Fusion Strategy Integration. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Brasseur, I.F., Hock, M.F., Deshler, D.D. (2012). The Bridging Strategy-revised. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M.F., Brasseur, I. F. & Deshler, D.D. (2012). The Prediction Strategy-revised. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Brasseur, I. F., Hock, M.F., & Deshler, D.D. (2012). The Summarization Strategy-revised. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Brasseur, I. F. & Hock, M.F., (2012). The Thinking Reading Program-revised. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M.F., Brasseur, I. F. & Deshler, D.D. (2012). The Vocabulary Program. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M.F., Brasseur, I. F. & Deshler, D.D. (2012). Strategy Integration. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Technical Papers

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2013). Evidence supporting the Fusion Reading program. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., & Deshler, D. D. (2012). Technical report: Fusion reading program. Lawrence, KS: The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.

Assessment Instruments

Brasseur, I. F., & Hock, M.F. (2008). The bridging strategy word recognition and decoding informal assessment for adolescent readers. Lawrence: University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur, I. F. (2007). The summarization strategy reading comprehension measure for adolescent readers. Lawrence: University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur, I. F. (2006). The prediction strategy reading comprehension measure for adolescent readers-revised. Lawrence: University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.

Selected Presentations

National Conferences

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2016, October). Improving reading achievement for adolescents with reading disabilities in middle schools. Interactive paper. 38th International Conference on Learning Disabilities. San Antonio, TX.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2016, October). Analysis of blended instruction and planning for students with learning disabilities. Poster session. 38th International Conference on Learning Disabilities. San Antonio, TX.

Calhoon, M. B., Brasseur-Hock, I. F., Fritschmann, N., Branum-Martin, L., & Hock, M. F. (2016, October). Literacy interventions for adolescents with severe reading disabilities. 38th International Conference on Learning Disabilities. San Antonio, TX.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. (2015) Flippin’ Crazy, but wait not everyone is learning…now what? Flipped Learning Network, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI Bradley, B.A., Hock, M.F.,

Brasseur-Hock, I.F., Deshler, D., Arthur, M., & Ruggles, M. (2015). Exploring Flipped Learning in Three High School Classrooms, American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, ILL. Bradley, B.A., Hock, M.F., Brasseur-Hock, I.F., Deshler, D., Arthur, M., & Ruggles, M. (2015). Exploring Flipped Learning: Its Benefits and Challenges, American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, ILL.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F., & Sartin, M. (2015). The impact of professional development and instructional coaching on middle school students with disabilities reading achievement. Council for Exceptional Children. San Diego, CA.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F., Kidder, C. & Sartin, M. (2014). Improving Teacher Effectiveness and Reading Achievement for Students with Disabilities: Key features of the fusion reading program. Council for Exceptional Children. Philadelphia, PA.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. (2014). Flip: A How-to Guide. Flipped Learning Network, Mars Area High School Pittsburgh, PA.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. (2013) Exploring Flipped Instruction in Middle Schools and High Schools. Flipped Learning Network, Stillwater High School, Stillwater, Minnesota.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F., (2013). Key features of the fusion reading program. Webinar presentation. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and McGraw-Hill Education. Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, July). Fusion Reading: An overview of a comprehensive high school reading course. SIM International Conference, Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, July). Fusion Reading: An overview of a comprehensive high school reading course. SIM International Conference, Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, January-December). A series of PD workshops and instructional coaching site visits to support implementation of Fusion Reading. We conducted 14 Days of PD on FR components and 8 days of coaching. Dubuque, IA.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, June). The Fusion Reading Academy: A three- day workshop designed to build the capacity of districts to sustain FR through a train the trainer model. Dubuque, IA.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, January-December). A series of PD workshops and instructional coaching site visits to support implementation of Fusion Reading in the Michigan Striving Readers Project. We conducted 8 Days of PD on FR components and 6 days of coaching. Lansing, Muskegon, Inkster & Westwood, MI.

Hock, M. F. & Brasseur, I. F. (June, 2007). A descriptive study of reading outcomes in 350 urban adolescences. The Institute for Education Sciences. Washington, D.C.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur, I. F. (2007, April). The Nature of Struggling Urban Adolescent Readers and An Intervention Program Response. The Council for Exceptional Children. Louisville, KY.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur, I. F. (2006, June). A descriptive study of the reading component skills of 350 urban adolescent struggling readers. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Research Conference. Washington, DC.

Professional Development 

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. (2016-present) Design and establishment of a high school reading program through a tiered system. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F. (2012-present) Establishment of a comprehensive two- year intensive reading program for students with disabilities in middle school. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F., & Hock, M. F. (2016-present) Implementation of the fusion reading program in middle and high schools. Virginia Consortium of middle and High Schools, Virginia Tech School of Education (VT).

Hock, M. F. & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2012-2015) Establishment of a comprehensive two-year intensive reading program for students with disabilities in middle and high school. Minneapolis/St Paul Consortium of middle and High Schools, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Hock, M. F. & Brasseur, I. F. (August, 2007). Establishment of after school strategic tutoring centers for youth in foster care programs. The San Diego County Unified School District and Casey Family Program. San Diego, CA.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F. (2012) Training SIM PDers and McGraw-Hill consultants to present Fusion Reading awareness workshops. Atlanta, GA.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2012) Fusion Reading Academy- New York. Establishment of a cadre of Fusion Reading professional development specialists and coaches. Genosea Valley BOCES, NY.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2014) Fusion Reading Academy II-Iowa. Establishment of year-two Fusion Reading professional development specialists and coaches. Dubuque, IA.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2013) Fusion Reading Academy I-Iowa. Establishment of year-two Fusion Reading professional development specialists and coaches. Dubuque, IA.

Brasseur- Hock, I. F., & Hock, M. F., (2012) Fusion Reading Academy: Establishment of year-two Fusion Reading professional development specialists and coaches. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2011) Establishment of a comprehensive two-year intensive reading program for adolescent struggling readers in middle and high schools. Virginia Project Schools, Ashland, VA.

Brasseur-Hock, I. F. & Hock, M. F. (2010-2012) Establishment of a comprehensive two-year intensive reading program for students with disabilities in middle school. Dubuque Community School District, Dubuque, IA.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur, I. F. (2006, August). Reading for struggling adolescent readers: A workshop on implementation of the Xtreme Reading Program for Striving Readers Department of Education grantees. Springfield, MA.

Regional Conferences 

Brasseur-Hock, I.F., & Barr, P. (2016, June) Exploring Blended Learning in K-12 Schools: Its Impact on Students with Learning Differences. Paper presented at KU School of Education Strategies for Educational Improvement Conference, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Woodruff, S. (2016, July) Fusion Reading Academy: Developing Leaders in Adolescent Literacy. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Graner, P. (2016, July) Learning to Reading with KUCRL Fusion and Xtreme Reading Programs. per presented at the International SIM conference. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Woodruff, S. (2016, July) Powering the Change Through Fusion Reading. Paper presented at the International SIM conference. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Podrasky, S. (2015, July) Flippin’ Crazy & Flippin’ SIM. Paper presented at the International SIM conference. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F., Woodruff, S., & Hock, M.F. (2015, July) Improving Teacher Effectiveness and Reading Achievement for Students with Disabilities. Paper presented at the International SIM conference. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Hock, M.F. (2014, June). Fusion Learning Academy Year 2: Making Learning Possible for Struggling Adolescent Readers. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Brasseur-Hock, I.F. & Hock, M.F. (2014, June). Fusion Learning Academy Year 1: Making Learning Possible for Struggling Adolescent Readers. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, July). Fusion Reading: An overview of a comprehensive high school reading course. SIM International Conference, The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Hock, M. F., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. (2010, July). Fusion Reading: An overview of a comprehensive high school reading course. SIM International Conference, The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS.

Grants & Other Funded Activity

Bulgren, J., Brasseur-Hock, I.F., Hock, M., & Ellis, J. Development of Blended Learning Science Environments that Support Three-Dimensional Learning of Crosscutting Concepts, Science, and Engineering Practices, and Disciplinary Ideas in Science. National Science Foundation. ($2,861,171). Submitted November 2016. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. (Pending.)

Hock, M. F., Brasseur-Hock, I. F. Fast-Track to Reading Department of Education Institute for Educational Sciences. ($1,900,000.00). Submitted September 2014. Role: Principal investigator.

Hock, M. F., Deshler, D. D., & Brasseur-Hock, I.F. Exploring Flipped Instruction in Middle Schools and Its Impact on Students with Learning Differences. The OAK Foundation. ($600,000). Submitted October 2012. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funded

Hock, M. F., Deshler, D. D., & Brasseur-Hock, I. F. Fusion Reading: A Supplemental Reading Program Designed to Raise the Literacy Levels of Striving Adolescent Readers. Department of Education Institute for Educational Sciences ($5,000,000). Submitted September 2008. Role Co-Principal Investigator. Funded

Hock, M. F., Deshler, D. D., & Brasseur, I. F. (2004-2008). Improving Adolescent Reading Comprehension: A Multi-Strategy Reading Intervention. The Department of Education Institute for Educational Sciences ($1,500,000). Submitted April 2003. Role Co-Principal Investigator. Funded