This video breaks down the surprising flaws behind the way we teach children the alphabet, especially the classic “A is for Apple”-style letter–object system. While it seems harmless, the method ...

When you think of the name of a vehicle, you probably think of its make and model. For example, if someone asks what kind of car you have, you may answer with something like, "a small blue car," or ...

Abstract: Research in keystroke dynamics has largely focused on the typing patterns found in fixed text (e.g. userid and passwords). In this regard, digraphs and trigraphs have proven to be ...

Jonathan Butcher is the Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, and the author of “Splintered: ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Primary school children in Victoria will increasingly be taught to read via a teaching method called 'phonics'. It's a way of explicitly teaching sounds, which enables children to decipher unfamiliar ...

What is Phase 5 phonics? Phase 5 phonics involves introducing children to the many alternative ways of representing spoken sounds using different spellings. They also learn that you can pronounce some ...

It's back to school season, and several provinces across Canada are changing the way they're teaching their children how to read with a renewed focus on phonics. School boards in Ontario, Nova Scotia, ...

In short: All Victorian state schools will use phonics to teach reading from 2025. The government says teachers will spend a minimum of 25 minutes a day on "explicit teaching" of phonics and phonemic ...