$1.5 million for research on reading problems
Christine Espin
Prof. Christine Espin and prof. Paul Van den Broek (both in Education and Child Studies), together with prof. Kristen McMaster (University of Minnesota) have received a $1.5 million grant from the US government's Institute of Education Sciences to investigate problems in reading comprehension for struggling readers. A bit over $300.000 of the total amount is allocated to the Leiden University researchers.
Aim of the project
Paul Van den Broek
In prior research, this same research team found that children who had difficulty comprehending texts comprised several distinct subgroup, each with its own profile of difficulties. The aim of the current three-year project is to develop and test targeted, small-scale interventions for each of these subgroups.