Why do many children with cochlear implants struggle to learn how to read?
One of the greatest inventions I have witnessed in my lifetime is the multichannel cochlear implant developed by Professor Graeme Clark and colleagues in the…
Why background knowledge about the world can increase reading comprehension – even for facts you can just Google (with 2021 research update and free resources to boost your child’s background knowledge)
It seems obvious but I’ll state it anyway: we read things to understand them. If students can’t understand what they’re reading at school, they will…
“All models are wrong, but some are useful”: 11 reasons we use the Simple View of Reading to help people with reading difficulties
Consider this magnificent paragraph: Fascinating, right? But only if you know Morse Code. Now, try this one: Evenings the in grumpy bit a get can…
Beginning readers’ brains are not the same as skilled readers’ brains, so stop teaching beginners to read like they are adult experts
Unlike speech and oral language (talking and listening), reading is biologically unnatural. Most (not all) people learn to understand and to speak their first language…
Stories help students to understand and remember new information. Here’s why.
When I think about gravity, the first thing that pops into my head is an image of an apple falling off the tree and onto…