Vocabulary and knowledge are important to literacy development. This paper investigates aspects of each that contribute to learning new words in the early elementary classroom and to reading compre...

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This study compared two approaches to vocabulary instruction in early elementary classrooms. Using a within-participants design, each student experienced both instructional conditions in the same p...

This study compared two approaches to vocabulary instruction in early elementary classrooms. Using a within-participants design, each student experienced both instructional conditions in the same p...

Holden et al. (2025) conducted a Delphi study to establish consensus on how to define, identify, and assess dyslexia, with the definitional component primarily reported by Carroll et al. (2025). Alth...

The International Dyslexia Association’s current definition of dyslexia was approved by its Board of Directors on November 12, 2002. After two decades of scientific inquiry into the nature of dyslexia...

Manitoba’s early “Right to Read” findings suggest a majority of teachers do not think schools are generally using effective methods to teach students to read.

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Join Anna Stokke in conversation with Dr. Jamie Metsala, one of two content area experts on the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Right to Read public inquiry. Jamie shares her expertise on the import...

Everyone wants to see children and young adults succeed in math, but it can be difficult to sort myths from facts in education. Join math professor, Anna Stokke, for conversations with leading educat...

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Canadian students have struggled to read and write. That stops this year.