Nicole Pyle

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Associate Professor, Adolescent Literacy and Secondary Education


Nicole Pyle

Contact Information

Office Location: EDUC 392
Phone: 435-797-0392
Email: nicole.pyle@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Special Education, (Policy and Multicultural Education), Claremont Graduate University, 2008
A study of a response to intervention model for urban sixth-grade: Analyzing reading, language, and learning differences in tier 1 and tier 2.

Teaching Interests

Interventions; literacy; curriculum design, instructional delivery, and assessment for diverse learners; learning disabilities and reading difficulties; dropout prevention and engagement; inclusive supports and services

Research Interests

Interventions for students with multiple risk indicators; reading difficulties; adolescent literacy; dropout prevention; college readiness; inclusion; effective teaching practices; mentoring; engagement; delinquency

Awards

TEAL Faculty Service Member of the Year Award, 2023

Utah State University

TEAL Researcher of the Year, 2015

Single-Case Intervention Design and Analysis, 2013

Institute of Education Sciences Summer Research Training Institute

Dropout Prevention Institute Fellow, 2011

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk


    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Wexler, J., Pyle, N., (2013). Effective approaches to increase student engagement: The school services sourcebook, second edition. . The Oxford Press
  • Pyle, N., (2008). Communication and collaboration among team members ensures successful inclusion. : Teaching students with special needs in inclusive classrooms. Allyn and Bacon

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Publications | Curriculum

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Pyle, N., Vasquez, A.C, Lignugaris-Kraft, B., Gillam, S.L, Reutzel, D.R, Abbie, O., Hugo, S., Daphne, H., Woodrow, L., Daniel, P., (2017). Effects of Expository Text Structure Interventions on Comprehension: A Meta-Analysis. Reading Research Quarterly
  • Pyle, D., Pyle, N., Lignugaris-Kraft, B., Duran, L., Akers, J., (2016). Academic effects of peer-mediated interventions with English language learners: A research synthesis.. Review of Educational Research. , doi: 10.3102/0034654316653663
  • Pyle, N., Flower, A., Fall, A., Williams, J., (2016). Individual-level risk factors of incarcerated youth. . Remedial and Special Education, 37:3, 172-186. doi: 10.1177/0741932515593383
  • Akers, J., Pyle, N., Higbee, T.S, Pyle, D., Gerencser, C., (2016). A synthesis of script-fading effects with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 3(1), 1-17. . , doi: 10.1007/s40489-015-0062-9
  • Wexler, J., Reed, D., Pyle, N., Mitchell, M., Barton, E., (2015). A synthesis of peer-mediated academic interventions for secondary struggling learners. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48:5, 451-470. doi: 10.1177/0022219413504997
  • Wexler, J., Pyle, N., Fall, A., (2015). Dropout prevention intervention with at-risk secondary students: A pilot study.. Preventing School Failure, 59:3, 142-152. doi: 10.1080/1045988X.2013.876957
  • Wexler, J., Pyle, N., Flower, A., Williams, J., Cole, H., (2014). A synthesis of academic interventions for incarcerated adolescents. . , 84:1, 3-46. doi: 10.3102/0034654313499410
  • Wexler, J., Pyle, N., (2012). Dropout prevention and the model-minority stereotype: Reflections from an Asian American high school dropout. The Urban Review, 44, 551-570.
  • Pyle, N., Wexler, J., (2012). Preventing students from dropping out: Implications for practice. Intervention in School and Clinic, 47:5, 283-289.
  • Solis, M., Ciullo, S., Vaughn, S., Pyle, N., Hassaram, B., Leroux, A., (2012). Reading comprehension interventions for middle school students with learning disabilities: A synthesis of 30 years of research. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45:4, 327-340.
  • Pyle, N., Vaughn , S., (2012). Remediation of reading difficulties and response to intervention with secondary students. Psychology in the Schools, 49:3, 273-284.
  • Pyle, N., (2012). The influence of fidelity of implementation on the reading outcomes of middle school students experiencing reading difficulties. . Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention,, 6:2, 108-112.
  • Graves, A., Brandon, R., Duesbery, L., McIntosh, A., Pyle, N., (2011). The effects of tier II literacy instruction in sixth grade: Toward the development of a response to intervention model in middle school. Learning Disability Quarterly, 34:1, 73-86.
  • Graves, A., Duesbery, L., Pyle, N., Brandon, R., McIntosh, A., (2011). Two studies of tier II literacy development: Throwing sixth graders a lifeline. . The Elementary School Journal, 111:4, 641-661.

Professional Journal

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Publications | MultiMedia

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      Publications | Other

      Newsletter

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        Teaching

        TEAL 6270 - Introduction to Methods, Planning, and Assessment, Summer 2024
        TEAL 7324 - Advanced Studies in Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2024
        TEAL 7327 - Literacy Research Apprenticeship, Spring 2024
        TEAL 6310 - Multi-Component Literacy Instruction and Interventions, Spring 2024
        TEAL 6350 - Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Fall 2023
        TEAL 7015 - Orientation to Educational Research, Fall 2023
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Summer 2023
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Fall 2022
        TEAL 6270 - Introduction to Methods, Planning, and Assessment, Fall 2022
        TEAL 7015 - Orientation to Educational Research, Fall 2022
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Summer 2022
        TEAL 7324 - Advanced Studies in Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2022
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2022
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Fall 2021
        TEAL 6270 - Introduction to Methods, Planning, and Assessment, Fall 2021
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Spring 2021
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2021
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Fall 2020
        TEAL 6270 - Introduction to Methods, Planning, and Assessment, Fall 2020
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Summer 2020
        TEAL 7324 - Advanced Studies in Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2020
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Spring 2020
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2020
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Fall 2019
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Fall 2019
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2019
        SPED 7820 - Seminar: Special Topics, Spring 2019
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Fall 2018
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Fall 2018
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Summer 2018
        TEAL 7324 - Advanced Studies in Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2018
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2018
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Fall 2017
        TEAL 6310 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum, Fall 2017
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Summer 2017
        TEAL 6350 - Reading Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2017
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Fall 2016
        TEAL 7326 - Designing and Conducting Literacy Research: A Capstone Experience, Fall 2016
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Spring 2015
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Fall 2014
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Fall 2014
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Spring 2014
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Fall 2013
        TEAL 6280 - Instructional Leadership: Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners, Fall 2013
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Spring 2013
        TEAL 7350 - Internship in Curriculum Development, Spring 2013
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Fall 2012
        TEAL 6560 - Special Topics, Fall 2012
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Summer 2012
        SPED 6280 - Instructional Leadership for At-Risk Students, Summer 2012
        TEAL 6340 - Adolescent Literacy Development, Fall 2011

        Graduate Students Mentored

        Alycia Cole, Teacher Education & Leadership, January 2024
        Sherilynn Moody, Teacher Education & Leadership, January 2024
        Sherilynn Moody, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2022 - December 2023
        Belinda 'Ofa Fotu, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2020 - May 2021
        Lorissa Nelson, Teacher Education & Leadership 2020
        Janet Breitenstein, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2018 - December 2018
        Noelle Converse, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2012 - May 2018
        Sally Brown, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2014 - April 2018