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Raspin, Sarah; Smallwood, Ruth; Hatfield, Sarah; Boesley, Lauren – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
Educational outcomes for looked after children (LAC) in the UK are a priority for national and local government. This study explored the impact of the ARROW literacy intervention with LAC who had been identified by their schools as requiring literacy support. ARROW is a multi-sensory, computer-based programme, designed to increase spelling and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Intervention
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Vasilev, Martin R.; Slattery, Timothy J.; Kirkby, Julie A.; Angele, Bernhard – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
It has been suggested that the preview benefit effect is actually a combination of preview benefit and preview costs. Marx et al. (2015) proposed that visually degrading the parafoveal preview reduces the costs associated with traditional parafoveal letter masks used in the boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975), thus leading to a more neutral baseline.…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Eye Movements, Word Recognition, Undergraduate Students
Morris, Emma – Mathematics Teaching, 2011
The "silent starter" is an idea that the author was reminded of during Christopher Martin's session at the ATM conference in 2011, entitled "Big Ideas". This was a nice idea for introducing, or practising mappings, but it was not the first time the author had encountered this powerful teaching tool. The idea is best explained…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Cognitive Mapping, Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives