Reading Achievement & Motivation

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Toste et al. (2020) have just published a meta-analytic review of 132 research articles (involving over 690,000 participants) investigating the relationship between motivation and reading achievement among students from kindergarten through to the 12th grade (it is a USA study). … Continued

Multisensory???

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Schlesinger and Gray’s (2017) article on the impact of multisensory instruction on learning letter names and sounds, word reading, and spelling provides a very good example of the importance of critically analysing research. In their abstract, they stated that “multisensory … Continued

Magazines & Reading

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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

-ONYMS

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You are probably very familiar with the terms synonym and antonym. Yet there are actually quite a few words in English that incorporate the Greek root word ‘onym’ which means ‘name’. Below are a few of the more common words … Continued

Increasing Young Children’s Vocabulary

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The research shows that there is a high correlation between the depth of a child’s vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension (Ouellette, 2006).  The more words a child understands, the more they are able to comprehend what they are reading.  So, … Continued