Many students find it difficult just to start a task. It seems to be a particular problem for those students who don’t like making mistakes or feel they don’t have the requisite knowledge or just feel overwhelmed. Below are some … Continued
The next Cracking the ABC Code podcast discusses why is it so difficult for students to sustain attention and how can we improve attention and consequently learning. This study high lights the importance of very regular micro-breaks on improving learning … Continued
Once students are reading, quantity of reading becomes increasingly important in terms of reading development. However, there is very little information on how much reading is sufficient. Wang et al. (2025) investigated this issue in their study. Below is a … Continued
Reading requires not just decoding words but also understanding the sentences and paragraphs in which those words occur. Biemiller (2025) makes the following arguments: The question then, is how do we increase the oral vocabulary and comprehension of students? ReferenceBiemiller, … Continued