The effects of children's story retelling on early literacy and language development was examined in a meta-analysis of 11 studies including 687 toddlers and preschoolers.
Digital apps designed to teach young children to read are an increasingly large share of the market, but parents and educators have little to no information about whether and how they work.
In this monograph, the researchers discuss 10 learning techniques in detail and offer recommendations about their relative utility. The selected techniques are relatively easy to use and could be adopted by many students.
This article from American Educator looks at the trends in decreasing text complexity during recent decades and discusses how in-depth, focused study on a topic can provide students access to more complex text, as well as opportunities present
Most of today's reading programs rest on faulty ideas about reading comprehension. Comprehension is not a general skill; it relies on having relevant vocabulary and knowledge.
The purpose of this review was to summarize the most dependable evidence on the effect of parental involvement for improving the academic performance of elementary school age children in grades K-6.
Findings from the latest study of New Jersey's Abbott Preschool Program showed that children in the state's most disadvantaged communities who participated in the preschool program made significant gains in literacy, language, math and science through
This guidebook looks at transmedia in the lives of children age 5-11 and its applications to storytelling, play, and learning.
The stereotype of Asian Pacific American (APA) students as a homogeneous "model minority" overlooks the cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic diversity of the population.
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population has been doubling in size nearly every decade since 1960. By 2050, the number of AAPIs in the U.S. is projected to reach 40 million.