Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110104289

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Improving disadvantaged students? Reading outcomes through overcoming reading avoidance and building reading engagement. It is costly for students to avoid reading. Low literacy levels impact negatively on academic success, earning levels and employment opportunities. This project aims to produce new conceptual and empirical knowledge to inform the development of effective teaching practices to promote reading engagement for disadvantaged students.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 30-06-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $492,725.00

Funder: Australian Research Council