USA: The Big 5 - conclusions from the review of research

[debbie]

Coming from America, you can read about the 'Five Pillars of Literacy' or 'The Big Five' or 'The Five Ideas' - in other words, an overall summary of what was found by a review of the research by the National Reading Panel in the USA.

Here is the University of Oregon site providing information about the '5 Big Ideas':


http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/

What did the National Reading Panel do?

Specifically, congress asked the panel to:

Review all the research available (more than 100,000 reading studies) on how children learn to read.
Determine the most effective evidence-based methods for teaching children to read.
Describe which methods of reading instruction are ready for use in the classroom and recommend ways of getting this information into schools.
Suggest a plan for additional research in reading development and instruction.
In addition, the National Reading Panel held public hearings where people could give their opinions on what topics the panel should study.

What are the findings of the National Reading Panel?

The National Reading Panel's analysis made it clear that the best approach to reading instruction is one that incorporates explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, systematic phonics instruction, methods to improve fluency, and ways to enhance comprehension.

The following is a summary of the panel's findings:

[debbie]

The findings of the National Reading Panel - official site:


http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/ ... x#findings