Learning to read is a higher brain function. Reading comprehension activates the cerebral cortex of a child’s brain. This part of the brain is important for complex cognitive tasks, but it’s also the ...
Pandemic-related learning loss has increased awareness of the complexity of learning to read in the United States. Educators in the Philadelphia region are taking action to improve students’ reading ...
Even for people who love books, finding the opportunity to read can be a challenge. Many, then, rely on audiobooks, a convenient alternative to old-fashioned reading. You can listen to the latest ...
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Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. “Do we need to read, or can we just get ...
Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy ...
We must get back to holistic methods of teaching so that Oklahoma children will “learn to read, so they can read to learn.” ...
The March 20 article, “Reading Comprehension Teaching Has Improved—But Not Nearly Enough,” made me think back to my early days as a curriculum writer. I was drafting a lesson on the figurative ...
In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...
As the pandemic drove a sudden, massive and necessary shift to online education last year, students were forced to access much of their school reading assignments digitally. Turning so heavily to ...
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