Misty Adoniou has received recent government funding to investigate the needs of refugee learners, and to evaluate the implementation of Professional Standards for Teachers. She is affiliated with ACT ...

'Believe', 'separate' and 'surprise' are some of the most commonly used words in the English language yet they are commonly misspelt. Why is that? What's so difficult about spelling English words that ...

Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ...

Johnny in Topeka can’t read, but Janne in Helsinki is effortlessly finishing his storybooks. Such a disparity may be expected by now, but the reason might come as a surprise: It probably has much less ...

Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer, 2002), pp. 209-222 (14 pages) This study examined the effectiveness of a training procedure designed to teach a special education resource ...

Parents and teachers often ask: “What’s the best way for my child or student to learn and retain words from the weekly spelling list? How does one get beyond simply memorizing words for a Friday ...

Many students aren't learning spelling and writing skills in school. Parents can help, but there are limits to what they can do. Especially during remote learning, parents are discovering their kids ...

Jacques A. Bailly, an associate professor of classics at the University of Vermont, is the department’s director of graduate studies. He has also been the official pronouncer of words at the Scripps ...

Today Sam will plow through the city’s rough boroughs in search of artisanal cookie dough, even though he ought to stay home to nurse his cough. What’s wrong with that picture? Seven words containing ...