Research and Practice Library
The articles and resources in our Research and Practice Library form a contemporary evidence base for the teaching and learning of reading and viewing; writing and representing; speaking and listening.
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Seven Rules of Engagement: What’s Most Important to Know about Motivation to Read
Gambrell, Linda B. (2011) The Reading Teacher Vol.65 Issue 3 pp 172-178 International Reading Association Linda Gambrell shares the findings from a major international study – that interest in reading predicted students’ reading comprehension and that students who…
Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers and Writers
This Foundation for Learning and Literacy published article is one of two partner articles on supporting struggling readers and writers and expands on Touchstone 6. The partner article is Principles for working with struggling readers and writers- advice for teachers…
P is for Pterodactyl
Beryl Exley, ALEA Practically Primary, June 2020 Intelligent reading teachers know that learning to read is a journey, from the place where the child first experiences language and starts to make sense of sounds and their written representations whilst being nurtured…
Morphology Works
Kirby, J. R; Bowers, P.N; Queen’s University in What Works? Research is are composed as meaningful parts – in particular affixes such as prefixes and vowel and consonant suffixes. They say that sensitivity to morphological structure and the ability to manipulate that…
Reading Between the Lines: the benefits of reading for pleasure
A Study of Benefits to Adults of Regular Reading for Pleasure A report from Quick Reads, in partnership with Dr Josie Billington, Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society at the University of Liverpool This report is a valuable evidence-based document…
Building a Knowledge Base in Reading
Jane Braunger and Jan Patricia Lewis, pages 124-128, 1997. This extract is from a book that provides a research baseline for teachers, policy makers and anyone interested in helping all children learn to read. Although it was published in 1997, and there has…
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