Communication and Learning Research Program

Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., Director of Communication and Learning Research Program

Projects

Blind pedestrians access to complex intersections—National Eye Institute (2000-2005)
Daniel Ashmead, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Robert Wall, Ph.D.

Study of mathematically precocious youth: 50-year longitudinal study (2002-2004)
Camilla Benbow, Ph.D., and David Lubinski, Ph.D., Principal Investigators

Mechanisms of perceptual organization in human vision—National Eye Institute (1988-2005)
Randolph Blake, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Binocular rivalry in human vision-- National Eye Institute (2001-2005)
Randolph Blake, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Project 4: Longitudinal treatment effects in children with specific language impairments-- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (1998-2004)
Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Paul Yoder, Ph.D.

Grammatical morphology in specific language impairment--National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (1988-2005)
Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Grammatical/intelligibility intervention in Down syndrome—National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2002-2004)
Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Paul Yoder, Ph.D.

Linking decoding instruction, decodable text, and metacognitive instruction to effect strong reading outcomes for children with disabilities—U.S. Department of Education (2001-2004)
Donald Compton, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D.

Linguistic processes of children who stutter—National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1996-2007)
Edward Conture, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Curriculum-based measurement with diagnostic analysis to improve reading outcomes for students with disabilities (CBM)—U.S. Department of Education (2000-2004)
Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D., and Doug Fuchs, Ph.D., Principal Investigators

Center on Accelerating Student Learning (CASL)—U.S. Department of Education (1999-2004)
Individualizing and monitoring programs to accelerate children's trajectories (IMPACT) —U.S. Department of Education (2000-2004)
Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D., and Doug Fuchs, Ph.D., Principal Investigators

Providing a solid foundation for preschoolers with disabilities to learn to read (Preschool PALS)—U.S. Department of Education (2001-2004)
Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D., and Doug Fuchs, Ph.D., Principal Investigators

National research center on learning disabilities—U.S. Department of Education (2001-2006)
Doug Fuchs, Ph.D., and Dan Reschly, Ph.D., Principal Investigators; Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D., and Donald Compton, Ph.D.

Role of visual expertise in letter perception—National Eye Institute (2001-2006)
Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Donald Compton, Ph.D.

Categorization and expertise in human visual cognition—National Science Foundation (2001-2004)
Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Functional organization of the auditory cortex-- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (2001-2006)
Troy Hackett, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Jon Kaas, Ph.D.

Project Outcome: Improving the outcomes of secondary-age students with emotional disturbance—U.S. Department of Education (1999-2004)
Carolyn Hughes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Joseph Wehby, Ph.D.

Building social communication skills during peer interactions-- Administration on Children, Youth and Families and National Institute of Mental Health (2001-2004)
Ann Kaiser, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Terry Hancock, Ph.D.

Project 3: Generalized effects of parent- and therapist-implemented naturalistic teaching-- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (1998-2004)
Ann Kaiser, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Terry Hancock, Ph.D.

Tennessee technical assistance and resources for enhancing deaf-blind supports (TREDS)—U. S. Department of Education (1999-2004)
Robin McWilliam, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Attentional limits to visual perception—National Science Foundation (2001-2004)
René Marois, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Components of working memory deficit in schizophrenia—National Institute of Mental Health (1998-2004)
Sohee Park, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Perceptual aspects of locomotion interfaces—National Science Foundation (2001-2006)
John Rieser, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Saccade target selection--frontal cortex—National Eye Institute (1991-2005)
Jeffrey Schall, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Neural control of voluntary movement—National Institute of Mental Health (1996-2007)
Jeffrey Schall, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Project CLASS: Accessing the general education curriculum for students with emotional disturbance using cooperative learning and social skills training—U. S. Department of Education (2000-2004)
Joseph Wehby, Ph.D.

Independent evaluation of the MST services package—National Institute of Mental Health (1999-2004)
Bahr Weiss, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Thomas Catron, Ph.D., Vicki Harris, Ph.D.

Early communication intervention in children with autistic—National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000-2005)
Paul Yoder, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Wendy Stone, Ph.D.

Project 1: Enabling children to affect their grammatical development—National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1998-2004)
Paul Yoder, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Stephen Camarata, Ph.D.