The journal Education Week, together with Wilson Language Learning, recently ran a quiz about early literacy learning, in which they asked teachers and parents about appropriate techniques for children learning to read. Here’s a summary of their findings. 1. What is phonemic awareness? Phonemic awareness is being able to recognize and manipulate the sounds in … Continue reading “Early Literacy Learning Quiz”
Month: June 2025
Spending Time on Reading Comprehension Skills in Elementary Education
In the late 1970s, Dolores Durkin, a literacy researcher, conducted a small but influential study on reading comprehension instruction practices in the United States. She examined English language arts and social studies classes for third through sixth graders, and she found that less than 1% of the teachers’ instructional time was devoted to learning how … Continue reading “Spending Time on Reading Comprehension Skills in Elementary Education”