Critical Research into Literacy

Impact of early code-skill and oral-comprehension training on reading achievement in first grade

UKLA / Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award: Award Winner – Journal of Research in Reading 2013.

What counts as reading? PIRLS, EastEnders and The Man on the Flying Trapeze

UKLA / Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award: Award winner – Literacy 2014.
This article examines two unofficial reading activities in a class of 10–11-year-olds’ to see how far these activities match up with the official definitions of reading, or whether they involve a different kind of interaction with text.

Guided reading: young pupils’ perspectives on classroom practice

UKLA / Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award: Highly Commended – Literacy 2015.
Guided reading is widely perceived to be tricky in English primary schools; prior research has found difficulties with teacher interpretation and implementation. This study suggests that to understand the problems associated with it we should also take into account pupils’ perspectives on their guided reading lessons.
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