There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...

This research was partially funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I ...