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
Proficient readers can look at a sequence of letters and automatically recognise them as being familiar and associate them with the correct pronunciation of a word or a morpheme (prefix, suffix or stem). Words that can be instantly recognised are … Continued
An important component of reading comprehension is exposing children to a wide variety of texts and topics. Magazines are a useful resource in this regard, especially those designed for children as they tend to have an abundance of ‘high-interest’ content … Continued
This podcasts provides an overview of two research papers examining the development of readers in grade one and two, and how relatively small differences in vocabulary demand can substantially affect a student’s success. Teachers need to be aware that a … Continued
