Education Week

What Makes an Effective Reading Intervention? One Researcher’s 5 Criteria

At the Reading League conference, Burns shared tips from a set of guidelines he created with his colleague, Valentina ...
IEEE

Transformer-Based Amharic-to-English Machine Translation With Character Embedding and Combined Regularization Techniques

Abstract: Amharic is the working language of Ethiopia and, owing to its Semitic characteristics, the language is known for its complex morphology. It is also an under-resourced language, presenting ...

Here’s how science of reading can be tailored for dual-language learners

Despite misconceptions that the approach is one-size-fits-all or English-only, a Children’s Equity Project report details how it can work for bilingual students.

Effective tutoring strategies for K-12 students

Scholarship Institute reports effective tutoring for K-12 should occur during school, emphasize trust, set goals, and track ...

Jane Austen and theory of mind: how literary fiction sharpens your ‘mindreading’ skills

Our enjoyment of literature and fiction is rooted in theory of mind: the cognitive ability to attribute mental states ...
Teachwire

Reading volunteers – How they can transform children’s attitudes

The reading volunteer nurtured a genuine love for reading among my class. By listening rather than teaching, they removed the ...
Education Week

Why Teaching Spelling Can Boost Students’ Reading Skills

This recent meta-analysis examined 59 studies of spelling interventions for students who had, or were at risk for, learning disabilities across grades K-9. The lessons had a small but significant ...