News & Research Busy pictures hinder reading ability in children UKEdChat Editorial Study shows extraneous images draw attention from text, reducing comprehension in beginning readers.
Community Should we abandon “Reading for Pleasure”? UKEdChat Editorial Concerns that yoking the two terms together doesn’t do reading any favours.
UKEdMag Broadening Horizons – The benefits of a whole-school book week UKEdChat Editorial Broadening pupils reading experiences is key as they develop to become proficient readers.
Community Why I don’t teach guided reading: I can’t stand it! UKEdChat Editorial A challenge to the popular practice of guided reading.
UKEdMag The Future of Fiction? by @MrsHollyEnglish UKEdChat Editorial Social constructivist learning theories suggest today’s educators should create inquiry-based units asking learners to work
News & Research Boys’ poor reading skills might help explain higher-education gender gap UKEdChat Editorial Study finds ability to read well can help explain why fewer men go to college than women
Community Literacy – Finding the Balance and the Belief by @snelling321 UKEdChat Editorial Don’t call it literacy!
News & Research Children prefer storybooks that explain why and how things happen UKEdChat Editorial Study finds that children prefer storybooks that are rich in causal information, suggesting such books could help to increase their motivation to read
Community Great School Libraries campaign enters its second phase, by @Elizabethutch Elizabethutch Initial findings and objects to the Great School Libraries campaign.
Community Why PictureBooks Matter by @Mat_at_Brookes UKEdChat Editorial This article was born out of two events: a ‘Mocksted’ visit to my previous school
News & Research Children who read books daily score higher in school tests UKEdChat Editorial Researcher finds that a good book does more to boost literacy skills than other types of reading material
News & Research Do girls read better than boys? If so, gender stereotypes may be to blame UKEdChat Editorial A new longitudinal study of fifth and sixth graders in Germany examined the relation between
UKEdMag Struggling readers slip through the net in secondary school by @MaryMered UKEdChat Editorial Having just read the UK’s ‘Vision for Literacy, 2025’ I felt compelled to share a
Community Creativity: Making something out of nothing! by @LauraFalconer21 UKEdChat Editorial Classroom activity: Designing a shoebox around a novel you love.
