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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ALEA Hot Topic- Reading research – beyond the media hype
Dr Noella Mackenzie and Dr Martina Tassone This ALEA Hot Topic has been written in response to some of the questions both authors have been asked over the last three years. The questions all relate to early reading instruction and have come from both teachers and…
Widening Teachers’ Reading Repertoires: Moving beyond a Popular Childhood Canon
ILA The Reading Teacher 16 February 2024 by Teresa Cremin, Sarah Jane Mukherjee, Juli-Anna Aerila, Merja Kauppinen, Mari Siipola, Johanna Lähteelä To develop a love of reading in the young, teachers need rich repertoires of children’s literature and other texts….
Reading and Writing for Pleasure: A Framework for Practice
The Mercer’s Company 2023 Research reveals that the habit of reading in childhood is associated with academic, social and emotional outcomes and can mitigate educational disadvantages associated with gender and socio-economic status (OECD, 2021; Torppa et al., 2020)….
Stories Grounded in Decades of Research: What We Truly Know about the Teaching of Reading
Catherine Compton-Lilly, Lucy K. Spence, Paul L. Thomas, Scott L. DeckerThe Reading Teacher 2 November, 2023 This article recognises that reading is a complex and multidimensional process. It uses research to demonstrate that teaching reading must be responsive to…
Thinking through research and the science of reading
Hiebert, E. H. October 2023 issue of Kappan, Vol. 105, No. 2, pp. 37-41. This article outlines the importance of using evidence-based reading practices in classrooms. The author identifies and clearly illustrates with examples, three categories of evidence: research…
Reading for pleasure in childhood boosts brain health in teenage years – study
Independent UK by Ella Pickover July 2023 Reading for pleasure in early childhood can help youngsters perform better at school and boost their mental health as they enter teenage years, a study suggests. The study of more than 10,000 children found that those who…
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