Welcome

Welcome to the Cultivating Literacy, Inquiry, and Content Knowledge (CLICK) Lab at NC State University!

Who We Are

We are an interdisciplinary and collaborative research team focused on understanding reading development and developing and evaluating effective literacy instructional practices, particularly for K-6 linguistically diverse students.

We aim to build a comprehensive understanding of literacy issues that serves as a foundation for translational research, guiding evidence-based instructional practices and policy.

We conduct rigorous research to explore how instructional practices support diverse children’s literacy development in Tier 1 and Tier 2 settings, using various research designs and methods. We collaborate with educators, researchers, families, and school administrators to enhance children’s literacy learning opportunities and outcomes.

If you are interested in joining our CLICK lab, please contact Dr. Jackie Eunjung Relyea (jrelyea@ncsu.edu), an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at NC State College of Education. We have opportunities available!

iWolfpack Readers Program

Online Inquiry-Based Content Literacy Tutoring Program

Knowledge, Language, & Inquiry for English Learners

Co-development of Reading and Science Knowledge

The COVID-19 Impact on Reading Achievement

Ask the Experts

How Can Teachers Help Bilingual Students Become Proficient Readers?

Entre Dos Podcast: Effects of Bilingualism on English Reading Ability

Dr. Jackie Relyea discusses her research that examined English reading growth in Spanish-speaking bilingual students.

Science Books Boost Beginning Readers’ Skills

Science, Social Studies classes can help young English-learning students learn to read and write in English

Dr. Relyea’s new study finds that science and social studies classes may also help young students learn English, even when those classes include difficult and technical vocabulary.

January 02, 2025

Edutopia: The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024

Well-meaning schools often dissuade English language learners from taking science and social studies courses until they’re fluent in English, assuming that remedial language instruction is a necessary first step. But a 2024 study led by Assistant Professor Jackie Relyea and named one […]

November 13, 2024

Assistant Professor of Literacy Education Jackie Relyea Receives Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

Jackie Relyea, an assistant professor of literacy education in NC State’s College of Education, has received the Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER).

November 07, 2024

Two Projects Funded through College of Education’s New Innovation Fellows Program Will Address Future Teachers’ Wellbeing, Use Technology to Improve Literacy Outcomes

College of Education researchers are working to improve future teachers’ wellbeing and harness new technology to address literacy outcomes through two projects funded by the NC State College of Education’s Innovation Fellows Program.