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What can children learn about morphology from reading for fun?
A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come...

Maria Korochkina & Kathy Rastle
May 195 min read
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Where Do Children Look when Watching Videos with Same-Language Subtitles?
Can same-language subtitles help children learn to read? Maybe, but only if children look at them.

Anastasiya Lopukhina, Walter van Heuven, Kathy Rastle
Apr 24 min read
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Has the Phonics Screen Improved Children's Reading?
Last week, a report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) investigating the impact of England’s phonics screening check (PSC) was...

Kathy Rastle
Nov 12, 20245 min read
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What Words do Children Encounter When They Read for Pleasure?
The ability to read opens up worlds. Reading enables children to progress into post-primary education and provides the basis for lifelong...

Maria Korochkina & Kathy Rastle
Mar 12, 20245 min read
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Some thoughts on “The Myth of Normal Reading” (Huettig & Ferreira, 2022)
Last week, Perspectives on Psychological Science published an article that left me mystified, hardly knowing where to begin. In “The...

Kathy Rastle
Nov 29, 20225 min read
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Sleep deprivation impairs learning and memory, but now is the time for replication science.
Research has long suggested that sleep is critical for learning and memory. Sleep after learning strengthens new memories and...

Rebecca Crowley
Mar 17, 20225 min read
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Some musings on that "landmark" study
Last week, those of us interested in how children are taught to read woke up to dramatic headlines that England’s approach is “failing...

Kathy Rastle
Jan 26, 20225 min read
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