The architecture and processes underlying visual word recognition represent some of the most intricate systems in human cognition. The seemingly simple act of reading a word involves not only a ...

“If you are just able to decode the words, but you don’t have the context to understand them, you’re not getting to that effective, efficient, purposeful reading for meaning,” explains Dr. Molly Ness, ...

If you heard someone say "I put on my hat," you'd instantly recognize the phrase. But for a computer, identifying the words in that simple statement takes some serious processing power. And that's ...

The Reading Teacher is a peer-reviewed journal serving teachers and literacy professionals interested in the teaching of reading to children in the elementary classroom. The journal offers teaching ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Reading specialists have often pitted phonics against holistic word recognition and whole language approaches in the war over how to teach children to read. However, a new study shows that the three ...

Q. I have used Microsoft Word’s speech recognition tool for years, and I’ve been very pleased with how well it works. However, I’ve recently upgraded to a new ...

Dyslexia is a learning disability characterised by difficulty with word recognition, decoding, and correct or fluent spelling ...