Research Projects

The long-term goal of the Monolingual and Bilingual Reading Comprehension (MBRC) study is to examine the structure of reading comprehension in middle and high school students and to determine which cognitive and linguistic factors contribute to reading comprehension outcomes.

“The acquisition of emergent literacy skills during the preschool years is predictive of children’s future reading and writing abilities.” (National Early Literacy Panel, 2008)

Completed Research Projects

Language and Reading Research Consortium

2010 - 2015

Shelley Gray, ASU Principal Investigator

Laida Restrepo, ASU Co-Investigator

Working memory - an individual’s ability to process and store incoming information over short periods - is a more powerful predictor of learning in children than IQ, but working memory is not considered in contemporary instructional design.