Lupo et al. (2019) examined whether easy or challenging versions of texts, when accompanied by different types of instructional support, improved adolescents’ reading comprehension. Two hundred and ninety-three ninth-grade students were provided with 12 weeks of intervention in which teachers … Continued
Most ‘traditional’ spelling games are based on students remembering a word based on its visual appearance rather than on understanding how the word has been encoded. In addition, typically the worst spellers are removed from the game the quickest and … Continued
Concept maps are graphic organisers or visual representations of knowledge. They are also referred to as mind maps, spider maps or idea webs. Information is linked whereby key concepts are linked to other related concepts via directional arrows and descriptive … Continued
The suffixes ‘-ant’ and ‘-ent’ are added to words to form a noun to indicate a ‘person who’ or ‘thing that’ (e.g., an ‘assistant’ is a person who assists, a ‘president’ is a person who presides). They are also added … Continued
This episode looks at the research to discover how students’ beliefs, how they monitor their learning, and how their sense of control can impact on the learning process. ReferenceRivers, M. L. (2021). Metacognition about practice testing: A review of learners’ … Continued