Reading a word involves complex interactions between spelling, meaning, and sound. Researchers from Japan and Canada explore the detailed role of orthographic-semantic consistency—how ...

Getty Images. Decoding is also not just a skill used by beginning readers. When adults sound out a complex word, a name or an unfamiliar place, they are using decoding skills as well.

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 ...

By highlighting the uncomfortable reality of teachers engaging adolescents in activities normally associated with much younger students, like decoding words, the RAND report put into perspective ...