One aspect of evidence-based reading research is the need for explicit phonics instruction versus implicit instruction. While comprehension of text is the goal, the foundational skills of early ...

In what appears to be a first, the state Department of Public Instruction is endorsing "explicit phonics instruction" as a critical component in teaching children to read. And the department said ...

“I can’t tell you the number of kids who have gone from class clown to school captain just because they learned to read,” he tells Inquirer. “We focus on direct instruction when it comes to teaching ...

A final evaluation of the federal Enhanced Reading Opportunities program suggests that extra, explicit reading classes can boost reading skills for struggling adolescents, but the short-lived ...

Christine Braid consults as a literacy facilitator for Tātai Angitu, Massey University. She received funding from the Ministry of Education for a research project (2015-2017). James Chapman is quoted ...

Life opportunities of young people who cannot read competently are severely curtailed. An analysis by the Mitchell Institute found that students with low literacy in Year 7 are twice as likely to drop ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...