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Paul Morphy
Predoctoral Fellow
M.A., SUNY Plattsburgh, 1991
Advisor: Steve Graham
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Relationships among early reading, writing, and vocabulary development
- Factors influencing intervention practice adoption in the classroom
- Research and policy interrelationships
- Home factors influencing reading, writing, and language development
- Systematic relationships in poverty and literacy development
- Student factors contributing to resilience/ameliorating conditions
KEYWORDS INTERESTS
- Writing
- Reading
- Vocabulary
- Home Factors
- Poverty and Literacy
- Resilience
- Educational Policy
- Meta-Analysis
- Research Methods
CURRENT RESEARCH TOPIC/FIELD-BASED PROJECT
Project: Randomized control trial (RCT) study using Self-Regulated Strategies Development (SRSD) for second grade elementary school children identified at risk for writing and behavioral delays/disorders.
Project: Meta-analysis of word processing interventions research with weaker writers.
Project: Meta-analysis of vocabulary intervention effects on reading comprehension with school-aged students.
Project: Meta-analysis of mathematics instruction with learning disabled students.
Project: National survey of Middle School Teachers’ Writing Instructional Practices.
FORMER EXPERIENCE
Speech Language Pathologist-birth through five years
Speech Language Pathologist-elementary schools
Speech Language Pathologist–neurorehabilitation, schools for the deaf, developmentally disabled adults, Alzheimer’s disease intervention