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December 20, 2024

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Could Online Technology Be a Clue as to Why Boys in Norway Are Outperforming Girls in Learning English as a Second Language?
Dec. 8, 2024 — Bucking conventionality, boys in Norway are making early gains in reading English as a second language and even outperforming girls at age 10 and 13 -- a new a study of more than one million students ...
New Study Sheds Light on Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers find a link between early vocabulary composition and later language development in children with cochlear ...
Intervention Based on Science of Reading, Math Boosts Comprehension, Word Problem-Solving Skills
Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...
Study Reveals Unexpected Literacy in Autistic People Who Cannot Speak
Mar. 6, 2024 — About one-third of autistic people are unable to communicate using speech, and most are never provided an effective alternative. However, a new study suggests that many of these individuals are literate, raising the possibility that they could learn ...

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Clever Pupils Don't Need to Attend Academically Selective Schools to Thrive, Study Finds
July 4, 2024 — New findings challenge the idea that academically selective schools are necessary for clever pupils to achieve good ...
Study Provides Insights Into the Use of Decodable Texts in Early Reading Instruction
June 26, 2024 — Reading comprehension is crucial for success in school and society but can be difficult for children initially. Decodable texts are widely believed to help by focusing on taught letter-sound ...
Research Shows Why Some Children May Be Slower to Learn Words
Apr. 18, 2023 — A new study investigates where toddlers look when they learn new words. It finds that children with larger vocabularies looked quickly towards objects when learning new words. Meanwhile, children who ...
In-Person Learning Helped Narrow Reading Gaps During Pandemic
Nov. 17, 2022 — A study has found that although there were steep learning losses in reading for elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person learning opportunities helped some of those students ...
Not Every Reader's Struggle Is the Same
Nov. 16, 2022 — Neuroscientists find that brain signatures of reading difficulties in students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are, on average, different from those of students from higher socioeconomic ...
Automatic Text Simplification: Efficacy in the Foreign Language Classroom
Oct. 26, 2022 — Texts used in second language (L2) classrooms have traditionally been simplified manually. With recent technological advances, text can be simplified automatically through artificial ...
Online Program to Support Children With Reading Difficulties Helped Them Make Significant Progress
Oct. 21, 2022 — An innovative program to support children with reading difficulties helped them make significant progress when used online, new analysis ...
Whole-Body Learning Can Boost Children's Letter Sound Recognition -- The First Step Toward Reading
June 8, 2022 — Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter ...
Girls' Chance of Success at School in Sub-Saharan Africa Shaped by Language They Are Taught in
May 23, 2022 — A new report argues that efforts to increase girls' participation in education in different parts of Africa should assess the detrimental effect teaching in English is having on ...
Even in a Virtual Classroom, Preschoolers Can Gain Reading Skills
Apr. 11, 2022 — A new study finds that children can develop key reading skills in a virtual classroom with other ...
How Left Brain Asymmetry Is Related to Reading Ability
Apr. 5, 2022 — Researchers report that two seemingly opposing theories of language processing are both correct. The study shows that greater left-brain asymmetry can predict both better performance and average ...
Early English Lessons Have Lasting Effects
Mar. 18, 2022 — An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of ...
Learning Through ‘guided’ Play Can Be as Effective as Adult-Led Instruction Up to at Least Age Eight
Jan. 12, 2022 — Teaching younger children through 'guided' play supports key aspects of their learning and development at least as well - and sometimes better - than the traditional direct instruction they ...
Rare African Script Offers Clues to the Evolution of Writing
Jan. 10, 2022 — Writing evolves to become simpler and more efficient, according to a new study based on the analysis of an isolated West African writing ...

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