Over the past few decades, reading comprehension instruction has become “content agnostic,” focused on skill practice, to the detriment of learning about science, history, and other ...

Reading fluency is important because it develops comprehension and motivates readers. It has been referred to as a bridge between reading phases such as early reading and later reading.

Join Kim and Max to discover early comprehension skills in this fun BBC Bitesize reception guide.

Comprehension level can also be applied to narrative, as is the case for film studies, and to games – though that is only just now becoming understood.

The middle of a global pandemic might seem like an odd time to focus on the limitations of science, the very discipline we’re hoping will save us. But when it comes to human behavior and ...

Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools ...

Her advantaged counterpart, equally well trained in comprehension strategies, is not innately smarter, but happens to be familiar with hiking in the Appalachians, has been to Maine and Georgia ...

In other words, reading comprehension isn’t a skill at all and time spent “practicing” it is counterproductive because of the opportunity cost: it’s time not spent learning history ...