As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

Starting school can be a challenging time for children and their parents, and for some, the stress and anxiety continues long after the first weeks. Literacy therapists say dyslexic students need to ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

“When we know better, we do better.” There is something forgiving and medicinal about that teaching mantra. I am regularly realizing that I could have taught something more effectively or that I ...

New research has shown that learning to read by sounding out words (a teaching method known as phonics) has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension. There has been intense ...

New research suggests that relying on phonics, a method of learning where an individual sounds out words, helps students to learn reading faster when compared with the whole-language technique, which ...

Wisconsin, USA / April 27, 2014 / Among a growing cluster of phonic programs swarming the marketplace, one program stands out from rest of the crowd. “Hooked on Phonics” is no ordinary off-the-shelf ...

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Inspired by a “student-centred” approach to learning — in line with the “constructivism” philosophy of education woven through her university course — she set about creating an aesthetically pleasing ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Disney Learning: Phonics Quest Disney Learning: Phonics Quest challenges kids to enhance and master their phonics skills while taking a magical journey with ...