There are common misconceptions about how students master literacy in the early grades. This interactive quiz, based on research, will test your knowledge of early reading development. There are ...

“Knowledge-building” has become a buzzword in reading instruction. It refers to English/language arts approaches that aim to systematically build students’ understanding of the world—rather than ...

[In this guest post, Derek Bruff returns to combine two great tastes that taste great together: WordPress and LMS-based reading quizzes. --JBJ] Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur likes to talk about ...

Literature circles have increasingly been utilized to enhance reading comprehension skills of second language (L2) English learners, yet the overall impact of this pedagogical approach remains unclear ...

A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary ...

Learners’ metacognitive reading strategies support their attempts to draw meaning from texts and to overcome comprehension difficulties. For second language readers, such strategies may compensate for ...

One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...