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Esther Geva Primary Affiliation: University of Toronto |
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
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