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Research at the REACH Child Study Centre, 2006

During the summer of 2006, we have planned several research activities at the Child Study Centre. These include:

• Graduate students enrolled in a research design course will visit the CSC summer programmes to practice research observational methods associated with qualitative research designs. To ensure that these observations do not interfere with tutoring of the children, a maximum of two students will visit the programme during a single session.

• Studies that investigate children’s development of working memory and inhibitory control will be conducted.  Some researchers think that children who struggle with literacy tasks do so because they have difficulty sorting out what information to attend to and keeping this information in their memory.  Another difficulty is that some children are distracted easily and cannot focus their attention on the task at hand.  The purpose of this study will be to investigate these processes among children who struggle with reading.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Maureen Hoskyn

Phone: 604-291-5808

Email:  mhoskyn@sfu.ca