Reading fluency and expanding vocabulary are the bridge from decoding to comprehension. Weaknesses in any of these building blocks will limit a child’s ability to read for meaning.
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The road to becoming a champion speller is made easier with support from family and friends, but ultimately it depends on an individual student’s commitment to learning, a scholar writes.
Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
Political will is key to tackling pupils’ literacy struggles.
There is something truly ineffable about art in its metaphysical otherness.
These interventions have the potential to boost South African children’s literacy.
A major international test has found about 80% of students have “more than elementary” skills in reading comprehension. This is the same result Australian students recorded in 2016.
Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Solitude is chosen, not thrust upon you.
Reading is “sexy”. Maybe it’s because watching someone read exerts a fascination on the beholder, be it St. Ambrose or Marilyn Monroe.
Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.
Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats.
With the proliferation of social media platforms, smart devices and apps, the demands on our attention have never been greater. But how is this affecting our ability to process and retain information?
The ‘back to basics’ debate over curriculum policy obscures what teachers say they really need: clear guidelines and benchmarks of progress.
An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan
Bloody games where there can be only winner critique the ‘winner takes all’ mentality fostered under capitalism.
A refreshed New Zealand curriculum could require teachers to emphasise the joy of reading, not just the technical skills required. Research supports this long-overdue shift in practice.
Every year, parents have an opinion on the books on their kids’ reading lists – whether they think the books are stale, unchallenging or confronting. How are books and reading taught?
The idea of healing benefits and emotional catharsis through reading is intuitively appealing. But does it work that way? Jane Turner Goldsmith finds answers in neuroscience, philosophy and more.
A romance writer’s bizarre fake death has gone viral. That her being alive stayed undetected for 2.5 years reminds us that our online and published personas are still separate from real life.
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Sessional Tutor, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, University of Stavanger
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor in English Literatures, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Naomi S. Baron is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Clinician, Australian Catholic University
