Start date:
October 2014Research Topic:
Investigating the Benefits of a Dyslexia Diagnosis: A study using survey, longitudinal and administrative data to analyse the dyslexic labelResearch pathway:
EducationResearch Supervisor:
Dr Raya Jones and Prof. Malcolm WilliamsSupervising school:
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff UniversityPrimary funding source:
ESRC StudentshipThe research aims to explore the ‘dyslexia’ label by looking at what teachers understand about dyslexia, what demographic factors result in an individual getting a diagnosis of dyslexia, and how diagnosis effects a child’s academic trajectory. This will be done by analysing primary survey data, the Millennium Cohort Study and Welsh administrative data.
Email:
KnightCS1@cardiff.ac.uk