A significant proportion of adolescents are not meeting basic bench marks for reading and spelling and this has not only long-term implications in terms of acquiring jobs and participating fully in society, but is also detrimental in the short-term impacting … Continued
Numerous studies have identified a correlation between vocabulary and comprehension, whereby the larger a student’s vocabulary, the better their comprehension. The question then is: How do we improve a student’s vocabulary? Wright and Cervetii (2016) systematically reviewed the research pertaining … Continued
Discovery, experiential or constructivist learning has long been promoted in teacher training as the best form of instruction for students. The following is a review of Clark, Kirschner and Sweller’s (2012) article in which they argued students learn best when … Continued
There are two key types of texts used in the teaching of reading and as a part of an intervention program for students having difficulty learning to read. ‘Decodable’ readers focus on ‘code’ and contain a large number of phonetically … Continued
Assistive technology and learning difficulties expert, Julie Tasker, discusses the different types of assistive technologies available to students with learning difficulties and how they ‘even the playing field’. For more information and to learn how use the different types of … Continued