An analysis by Korochkina and Rastle (2026) of words used in 1,200 popular British children’s books (7-16 years) found that nearly half of the words were made up of more than one morpheme (smallest part of a word that carries … Continued
Writing is a central component of literacy. Effective writing not only successfully communicates ideas, using appropriate vocabulary and grammatically correct sentences, it also can be used to enhance reading comprehension and to assist in retention of concepts being taught in … Continued
Every subject has vocabulary that students need to understand in order to make sense of the content being taught. The current research suggests (see for example Rastle, 2018) that skilled adult readers routinely use morphological knowledge in addition to knowledge … Continued
This episode discusses how to use generative AI in the classroom to generate comprehension questions with specific reference to research by Yang and colleagues. The aim of their research was to showcase how to prompt ChatGPT to generate high-quality questions … Continued
Laskay-Horvath and colleagues (2025) investigated how different domains of working memory impacted on reading performance and how this association changed with age and reading expertise. The following provides an overview of their research. Background: Research: Results: Discussion: Implications for reading … Continued