Dina Feitelson Research Award | |
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Awarded for | An outstanding empirical study published in English in a refereed journal |
Presented by | International Reading Association |
First awarded | 1997 |
Website | http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/research_feitelson.aspx |
The Dina Feitelson Research Award is an award established in 1997 by the International Reading Association to honor the memory of Dina Feitelson, the Israeli educator, who died in 1992.
The award recognizes an outstanding empirical study published in English in a refereed journal. The work should report on one or more aspects of literacy acquisition, such as phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, bilingualism, or cross-cultural studies of beginning reading.
Works may be submitted by the author or anyone else.