Articles - Science Learning & Literacy A Knowledge-Focused Multi-Part Strategy for Enhancing Student Reading Comprehension Proficiency in Grade 51, 2 Nancy R. Romance, Florida Atlantic University Michael R. Vitale, East Carolina University 1Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association, 2005, San Antonio, TX. 2 This paper was supported by NSF/IERI Project REC 0228353 and IES Project R305G04089 Adaptation of a Knowledge-Based Instructional Intervention to Accelerate Student Learning in Science and Early Literacy in Grades 1-21, 2 Michael R. Vitale, East Carolina University Nancy R. Romance, Florida Atlantic University 1 Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 2 The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305G04089 and by the National Science Foundation through Grant REC 0228353 to Florida Atlantic University. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute, the U.S. Department of Education, or the National Science Foundation. Improving School Reform by Changing Curriculum Policy Toward Content-Area Instruction in Elementary Schools: A Research-Based Model1 Michael R. Vitale, East Carolina University Nancy R. Romance, Florida Atlantic University Michael Klentschy, El Centro (CA) Elementary School District 1 Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2006, San Francisco, CA 2 Preparation of this paper was supported by IES Project R305G04089 and NSF/IERI Project REC 022835.