Some components of reading comprehension don't lend themselves well to scientific study, with the result that one component--"skills and strategies"--has come to overshadow the others. The middle of a ...
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 ...
“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...
"However, comprehension drops when we are using a screen to read information-dense text, like a textbook for study. "The amount of time you have available also seems to be a factor, as when readers ...
Will there ever be another Harry Potter? Between 1997 and 2007, it seemed like every child (and even their parents) was reading J.K. Rowling’s timeless fantasy novels about a skinny, bespectacled ...
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