CEC’s 2005 Research Award
By Anonymous
Steve Graham and Karen Harris, recipients of CEC’s 2005 Research Award, make one of the field’s most prolific research teams. Their research in written expression learning strategies has profoundly impacted instruction for students with learning disabilities and other struggling learners.
Dr. Graham’s and Dr. Harris’s interventions are some of the best strategies known for spelling, handwriting, written composition, and self-regulation. Their research is cited in all major special education textbooks and referred to in the literature on cognitive strategy interventions as an exemplary instructional model.
Dr. Graham and Dr. Harris are committed to ensuring teachers have access to their work. They have served as authors or consultants on numerous instructional programs, including Spell It-Write It, the 2008 edition of Open Court Reading, Use and Keep Writing Portfolios, and Literacy Plus. Also, their video, Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities in the Regular Classroom, and their book, Making the Writing Process Work: Strategies for Composition and Self- Regulation, enable teachers to learn their techniques. They have also shared their research with state Departments of Education.
Additionally, Dr. Graham and Dr. Harris are editors of two prestigious educational journals: Exceptional Children and the Journal of Educational Psychology. Dr. Harris also served as President of CEC’s Division for Research and as Chair of the Special Education Special Interest Group, the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Graham and Dr. Harris are also superb teachers who have developed ground-breaking special education researchers and outstanding teachers.
Dr. Graham and Dr. Harris have received the Samuel A. Kirk Award, DLD; Distinguished Researcher Award, AERA; and Distinguished Scholar- Teacher Award, University of Maryland.
Dr. Graham’s and Dr. Harris’s research has enhanced the learning and teaching experiences for thousands of students and their teachers. We thank you.
Do you know an outstanding special education researcher? Nominate him or her for the 2006 CEC Research Award. Deadline: Sept. 28, 2005. For more information and the nomination form, go to www.cec.sped.org.
Copyright Council for Exceptional Children Fall 2005