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Johny Daniel is an assistant professor at the School of Education at Durham University. Dr. Daniel’s research focuses on developing and testing reading interventions and assessments for pupils, including those with and at-risk of learning difficulties such as dyslexia. He has extensive experience in developing and testing reading interventions for pupils at-risk of reading failure. He has worked on multiple funded projects that have examined innovative approaches to improve pupils’ reading comprehension skills, inference making skills, and other related factors such as anxiety management.
Dr. Daniel holds a Ph.D. in Special Education and an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. He also holds an M.Ed. in Special Education from Vanderbilt University. Prior to this, he taught English as a second language in multiple countries.
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