Learning how to write well can make students better readers. Study after study has shown that when children are taught how to write complex sentences and compose different kinds of texts, their ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

If you’re a parent or a teacher—especially of English Language Arts (ELA)—you should be losing sleep over the four most harmful effects of AI. From Claude to ChatGPT, AI enables students to generate ...

Linnea Ehri, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of education psychology at the City University of New York, published a benchmark science-of-reading study in 2014 summarizing decades of her work ...

Have you ever asked yourself why some writing feels very clear and easy to understand, while other writing feels confusing? ...

In the book “More Than Words,” writer-educator John Warner makes the case for renewing the concept of writing as a fundamentally human activity. Large Language Model bots like ChatGPT offer not ...

When writing content for a webpage, one rule should always be followed: make it easy for readers to understand. And to make that happen, it's necessary to make the text easy to read. After all, why ...

Resilience is an individual quality that people can strengthen with effort. The American Psychological Association defines ...

Julia uses an anchor chart, songs and whole brain teaching to review the 7 syllable types. Julia reviews previously learned skills. Then she uses an anchor chart, songs, and whole brain teaching to ...

Walking into Windsor Park elementary in Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s hard to miss the mass of bright, colorful paper balloons ...

Note: In the “Are You Working?” series, a Ph.D. and academic-writing coach answers questions from faculty members and graduate students about scholarly motivation and productivity. This month’s ...