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RESEARCH ON READING INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOW LITERATE ADULTS

Award Number: R01HD043801
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/25/2002
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2007

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RESEARCH ON READING INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOW LITERATE ADULTS - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study focuses on adult learners whose word reading grade equivalency levels range from 3.0 to 5.9. There are three components to this study. The first component evaluates the degree of explicitness that is necessary in teaching reading to low reading adults. Specifically, adults will be administered one of the following instructional approaches: decoding and fluency; reading comprehension and fluency; decoding, reading comprehension and fluency; extensive reading; decoding, reading comprehension, extensive reading, and fluency. Outcomes on reading measures of individuals in each of these groups will be compared to each other and to a control group of adult literacy learners who do not receive any of these approaches. All reading instructional approaches will be of equal length (100 hours), similar format, and independently monitored for integrity. For each of the five instructional groups, and the control group, 60 students will be evaluated (total n=360). Each sample will be randomly recruited from adult literacy students who enroll in existing adult literacy programs. Both repeated measures designs and learning growth curve modeling techniques will be used to evaluate treatment outcomes in relation to individual ability characteristics. The second component of this project is designed to evaluate differential outcomes based on subtype classifications. Data will be analyzed to identify subtypes of adult literacy learners, and whether these subtypes respond differentially to different instructional approaches. In other words, which instructional approach, or combination of instructional approaches is effective for the different subtypes of adult poor readers? The third and final component of this study includes fMRI technology. There are two aspects to this component. The first aspect is to provide a systematic evaluation of the different components of the neural circuitry of adult poor readers compared to adult expert readers. The second aspect is to evaluate whether fMRI may provide a neurobiological index of the impact of instruction on adult learners. In years 3 and 4 of our study, 10 adult expert readers and 10 adult poor readers will undergo fMRI studies of basic reading processes. In addition, we will scan 5 participants from each of our 6 groups before they receive instruction and after the 100th hour is completed.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $434,983 )
2006	2006	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	33 GILMER STREET SOUTHEAST	ATLANTA	GA	30303	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	8/14/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$434,983
														Subtotal = $434,983

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $681,057 )
2005	2005	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	33 GILMER STREET SOUTHEAST	ATLANTA	GA	30303	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	4	9/12/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$681,057
														Subtotal = $681,057

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $644,276 )
2004	2004	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	PO BOX 4030	ATLANTA	GA	30302	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	7/29/2004	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$644,276
														Subtotal = $644,276

Issue Date FY: 2003 ( Subtotal = $631,364 )
2003	2003	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	PO BOX 4030	ATLANTA	GA	30302	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	9/8/2003	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$602,990
2003	2003	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	PO BOX 4030	ATLANTA	GA	30302	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	1		SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$28,374
														Subtotal = $631,364

Issue Date FY: 2002 ( Subtotal = $567,576 )
2002	2002	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PO BOX 4030	ATLANTA	GA	30302	FULTON	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	9/25/2002	NEW	$567,576
														Subtotal = $567,576

Grand Total All Awards = $2,959,256

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RESEARCH ON READING INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOW LITERATE ADULTS

Award Number: R01HD043801

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/25/2002

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2007

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