David Scanlon

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

 

updated 4/8/04

External and Internal Funded Research

7/02-7/03               Co-Principal Investigator.  Youth with learning disabilities in inner-city high school:  Barriers and resources in the pathway of school and career achievement.  Maureen Kenny, Co-Principal Investigator  (Boston College Lynch School of Education Argyelan Family Education Research Fund) ($12,000)

 

1/02-current          Co-investigator.  Survey of secondary teachers’ knowledge of learning disabilities and student potential in inclusive contexts.  Dr. Chriss Walther-Thomas and Mr. Richard Cass[1], Co-investigators  (Partially supported by Boston College Lynch School of Education Argyelan Family Education Research Fund) ($2145)


10/99-6/2000         Principal Investigator.  Model and strategy validation for teachers’ collaborative instruction of content-area literacy strategies.  (Boston College Lynch School of Education Argyelan Family Education Research Fund) ($1500)

 

7/98 - 6/99             Principal Investigator.  Collaborative development of procedures for teaching strategies across the curriculum to academically diverse learners.  (Boston College, Research Incentive Grant) ($5000)

 

1/94 - 8/97             Co-investigator.  Development and validation of a GED proficiency attainment model for students with learning disabilities and severe emotional disabilities.  Daryl F. Mellard, Principal Investigator (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, H023P30008)  ($812,128)

 

10/93 – 9/99          Best Practices Research Strand Leader.  National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center.  Academy for Educational Development & University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities  (National Institute for Literacy, X257B30002)  ($1,500,000)

 

9/91 - 8/94             Project Coordinator.  Validation of an integrated model of strategic and content instruction for secondary mainstream classes.  Donald D. Deshler and Jean B. Schumaker, Principal Investigators (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, HO23C10020)  ($472,236)

 

10/89 - 3/91           Student Investigator.  The Collaborative Learning Project  Dr. Candace S. Bos, Co-investigator (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Student Initiated Research, HO23B90055)  ($9,920)

 

1986 - 1989              Graduate Research Assistant.  The Interactive Teaching Project.  Candace S. Bos and Patricia L. Anders, Principal Investigators  (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Special Education Programs, G008630125)

 

 

Unfunded Research

9/94 - 8/95             Project Director.  The impact of teaching teams' collaborative reflection on the processes and outcomes of strategic teaching.  Donald D. Deshler and Jean B. Schumaker, Co-investigators  (Research project conducted without request for funding)

 

 

Research Consulting

pending                  Project Advisor.  Project ACCEL: Accelerating expository literacy.  C. S. Englert, & C. M. Okolo, Principal Investigators, Michigan State University.  (Research proposal to U.S.D.O.E., Office of Research and Improvement)

 

pending                  Project Advisor.  Book Club/LABS: An instructional model for improving reading results.  C. M. Okolo & C. S. Englert, Project Directors, Michigan State University.  (Model demonstration project proposal to U.S.D.O.E., Office of Research and Improvement)

 

11/01-current        National Advisory Board member.  Institute for Academic Access: A research institute to improve results for adolescents with disabilities.  D. Deshler & J. Schumaker, Principal Investigators, University of Kansas.  (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Research and Improvement)

 

7/99-current          Research Partner.  National Center for Access to the General Education Curriculum.  Center for Applied Special Technology in collaboration with Boston College, Council for Exceptional Children, Harvard University.  (U.S.D.O.E., Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)

 

1999                         Co-Evaluator.  Project NewBC Tech.  A. Peck, Principal Investigator.  L. Ludlow, Boston College, Co-Evaluator

 

1995-1997                Resource Team member (also proposal co-author).  Research and demonstration of a model for accommodating adults with disabilities in adult education.  D. Mellard, University of Kansas & W. White, Kansas State University, Principal Investigators

 

1995                         Consultant.  Developing historical reasoning in students with learning disabilities: Meaningful integration of technology with instruction.  R. Gersten, Principal Investigator, Eugene Research Institute

 

1995                         Consultant.  Conceptual approaches to teaching history to students with learning disabilities in integrated settings.  R. Gersten & J. Dimino, Principal Investigators, University of Oregon

 

1994, July                Visiting Scholar, Eugene Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon.

 

 



[1] Curriculum & Instruction doctoral student