Department of Psychology |
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Research Interests |
| My primary research interests concern the development of attention and comprehension processes, both in typically developing children and children diagnosed with ADHD. Often using television as a context for studying attention patterns and relations between attention and comprehension, Rich Milich and I have examined the developmental progression of story comprehension in children with ADHD and typically developing children. In a recently completed longitudinal study, we followed tow age cohorts to investigate changes in comprehension from 4 to 12 years of age in both groups of children. We currently are working on the development of intervention approaches to address story comprehension difficulties in children with ADHD. |
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| A second area of interest is in collaboration with Robert Lorch of the Department of Psychology and William Calderhead to the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the project investigates effective ways to teach the logic of the scientific method to elementary school students. The results will have implications for science instruction and reduction of risks of academic difficulties. In addition to these two major areas, I am involved in other research projects investigating substance abuse risk and prevention. |
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