Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.
The lesson for the day had the students reading One Giant Leap, which narrates the Apollo 11 moon landing. Yet two ...
(TNS) — What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...
Wales is trying to improve how reading is taught, but can the country do so without first fixing the lack of consistent national data?
Deep reading is not simply decoding. It is a way of thinking, a cognitive process that involves the willingness to slow down, ...
Research in education rarely draws on the substantial body of scientific evidence on how learning works. That’s a problem for teachers, students—and the rest of us. Researchers and academics focus on ...
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Long-text reading yields 12.9% comprehension boost

A study has found that individuals accustomed to reading long texts such as books or newspaper articles tend to have superior reading comprehension skills. However, it was revealed that only 1 in 5 ...
Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...