Research Interests & Abilities (Keywords)

• Reading development
• Second language literacy dev.
• ESL and Learning disabilities
• Assessment issues
• Acculturation
• culturally sensitive assessmnt
• parental attributions
• intervention
• universal/language specific

Major Research Activities

2000-2003The Development of Reading Skills in English-as-a-Second-Language Children in Grades 4-6: A Longitudinal Perspective. SSHRC grant $125,000 (PI). 1999-2000 Impact of student factors and teaching factors in kindergarten and grade one on junior-grade reading and writing: Longitudinal follow-up of English and ESL students. (With D. Willows). Ontario Ministry of Education Block Transfer Grant, $52,235. 1997-2000 Developing sensitive benchmarks for early identification of potentially-at-risk ESL children, Ontario Ministry of Education Block Transfer Grant, $120,000 (PI) 1996-1999 Minimizing Reading Failure through Early Identification of At-Risk ESL Children. SSHRC, grant # 410--96-0851, $130,000 (PI)

Network Research Projects

• Understanding Reading Development in Second Language Learners