Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

For several decades, myths about the brain—neuromyths—have persisted in schools and
colleges, often being used to justify ineffective approaches to teaching. Many of these myths …

We reintroduce a wide-angle view of reading comprehension, the Reading Systems
Framework, which places word knowledge in the center of the picture, taking into account …

" Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling
narrative. A revelatory work."--Oliver Sacks, MD The act of reading is so easily taken for …

Over the past decade, fluent reading has come to be seen as a central component of skilled
reading and a driving force in the literacy curriculum. However, much of this focus has …

Purpose To examine concurrently and retrospectively the language abilities of children with
specific reading comprehension deficits (“poor comprehenders”) and compare them to …

This article reviews 95 publications (based on 21 independent samples) that have examined
children at family risk of reading disorders. We report that children at family risk of dyslexia …