Text-To-Speech Support for Reading and Comprehending Social Studies Text: This strand of research investigates the use of text-to-speech as a translational resource to improve 8th grade students' comprehension of social studies text.

Dynamic Vocabulary Support for Improving Content Understanding of 8th Grade Social Studies Text: This strand of research investigates the use of an online tool that provides access to translational and illustrative resources to improve 8th grade students' vocabulary knowledge and content understanding of social studies text materials. The intervention is a dynamic web-based vocabulary enhancement tool known as Visual Thesaurus (http://www.visualthesaurus.com).

Supported eText Research with Students who have Cognitive Disabilities. This strand of research investigates the use of supported etext for students with cognitive disabilities. Over the past three years, four studies have been implemented to investigate the effects of presentational, navigational, translational, and illustrative resources on the reading comprehension of students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.

Effects of Text-to-Speech and Guided Notes on the Academic Performance of High School Students with Disabilities in Career Education. This strand of research investigates the differential effects of translational and notational resources on the comprehension of high school students with disabilities when reading and learning in an online curriculum dedicated to technology-supported career awareness. Two etext supports are under investigation: text-to-speech (a translational resource) and guided notes (a notational resource.)

Illustrative Resources in High School Science Instruction: This strand of research investigates the effects of illustrative resources on the comprehension of high school students with learning disabilities when reading biology texts.