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Postdoctoral Methodological Training in Instruction, Reading, Math, and Cognition Research on Children At Risk for Learning Disabilities

NCSER
Program: Research Training Programs in Special Education
Program topic(s): Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Special Education and Early Intervention
Award amount: $649,448
Principal investigator: H. Lee Swanson
Awardee:
University of California, Riverside
Year: 2008
Award period: 4 years (07/01/2008 - 06/30/2012)
Project type:
Training
Award number: R324B080002

Purpose

This postdoctoral program trained four postdoctoral fellows in research design and statistical methods within the areas of reading, math, and cognition. The training program included mentoring faculty with expertise in intervention research and statistical methods. Postdoctoral fellows had the opportunity to participate in research projects that addressed a) interventions to increase reading fluency and comprehension, b) response to intervention, and c) interventions targeting cognitive processes for children with learning disabilities in reading and math. Training in meta-analytic techniques was also provided.

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Katherine Taylor

Education Research Analyst
NCSER

Completed fellows

Brenda Arellano

Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL), New Mexico

Lindsay Flynn

Loan Tran

Xinhua Zheng

Products and publications

Book chapter

Flynn, L.J., and Swanson, H.L. (2013). Understanding Reading Comprehension: Challenges for Older Students With Reading Disabilities. In R.T. Boon, and V. Spencer (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy: Strategies for Content Comprehension in Inclusive Classrooms (pp. 1-12). Towson, MD: Paul H. Brookes Co., Inc.

Swanson, H.L., and Zheng, X. (2013). Memory Difficulties in Children and Adults With Learning Disabilities. In H.L. Swanson, K. Harris, and S. Graham (Eds.), Handbook of Learning Disabilities (2nd ed., pp. 214-238). New York: Guilford Press.

Journal article, monograph, or newsletter

Flynn, L., Zheng, X., and Swanson, H.L. (2012). Instructing Struggling Older Readers: A Selective Meta-Analysis of Intervention Research. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 27(1): 21-32. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5826.2011.00347.x

Flynn, L.J., Hosp, J.H., Hosp, M.K., and Robbins, K. (2011). Word Recognition Error Analysis: Comparing Isolated Word List and Oral Passage Reading. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 36(3): 167-178. doi:10.1177/1534508411398649

Robbins, K.P., Hosp, J.H., Hosp, M.K., and Flynn, L.J. (2010). Assessing Specific Grapho-Phonemic Skills in Elementary Students. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 36(1): 21-34. doi:10.1177/1534508410379845

Tran, L., Sanchez, T., Arellano, B., and Swanson, H.L. (2011). A Meta-Analysis of the RTI Literature for Children at Risk for Reading Disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44(3): 283-295. doi:10.1177/0022219410378447

Zheng, X., Flynn, L., and Swanson, H.L. (2013). Experimental Intervention Studies on Word Problem Solving and Math Disabilities: A Selective Analysis of the Literature. Learning Disability Quarterly, 36(2): 97-111. doi:10.1177/0731948712444277

Zheng, X., Swanson, H.L, and Marcoulides, G.A. (2011). Working Memory Components as Predictors of Children's Mathematical Word Problem Solving. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110(4): 481-498. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2011.06.001

Supplemental information

As of 2020, Dr. Arellano was a senior researcher at the American Institutes for Research, Dr. Flynn was an independent education research consultant, and Dr. Tran was a research specialist at Stockton Unified School District.

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