The panel found that specific instruction in the major parts of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) is the best approach to teaching most children to read.

Teaching with letters is important because this helps children apply their PA skills to reading and writing. Teaching children to blend phonemes with letters helps them decode.

Teaching Children to Read Findings and Determinations of the National Reading Panel by Topic Areas Alphabetics Phonemic Awareness Instruction Phonemes are the smallest units composing spoken …

The findings and conclusions in this publication were drawn from the 2000 report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific …

As the National Reading Panel (NRP) began its analysis of the extant research data on reading comprehension, three predominant themes emerged: (1) reading comprehension is a cognitive …

In 1997, Congress convened the National Reading Panel to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read. The panel was made up of 14 people, including leading …

The combination of practice and feedback promotes reading fluency. Teaching vocabulary words —teaching new words, either as they appear in text or by introducing new words separately. This …

Systematic phonics instruction is a way of teaching reading that stresses the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences and their use to read and spell words (Harris & Hodges, 1995). Phonics instruction …

TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction Table of Contents …

Introduction Although reading is based on the technology of writing and printing, the history of reading instruction reflects a recurrent interest in the application of other technologies, for example, reading …