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From Visual Attention to Literacy: Symbol Search Deficit Predicts Future Reading Difficulties From Age 3

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Poor reading has been associated with impaired simultaneous visual processing of multiple graphic symbols composed of separable features, a behavioral marker of reduced visual attention based on parietal dysfunction. We designed a visual search screening test, consisting of finding the (unique) black circle among circles combined with a bar of
Audrey Vialatte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spanish‐Speaking Secondary Students Reading and Spelling in English as a Foreign Language

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Proficiency in English reading and spelling is essential, as many professional environments require both spoken and written skills. Literacy development in English as a foreign language poses challenges for learners whose first language is transparent, such as Spanish, due to the complexity and inconsistency of English orthography.
Paz Suárez‐Coalla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Core Components of Effective Home Visiting Programmes and Parenting Interventions Delivered by Nurses and Midwives—A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8391-8412, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To investigate international evidence on home visits and parenting interventions delivered by nurses and midwives and to identify core components, such as intervention content, programme characteristics, contextual factors and implementation elements shared by effective interventions. Design Scoping Review.
Outi Savolainen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding and vocabulary improvements mediate sustained gains in reading comprehension: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent reading intervention

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 67, Issue 9, Page 1562-1575, September 2026.
Background Reading comprehension is critical for academic success, yet many children with persistent decoding difficulties struggle to achieve it. This study examined whether a multicomponent literacy intervention is effective in improving reading comprehension and whether any gains in comprehension are mediated by improvements in word reading and ...
Cameron Downing   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Item Responses to Understand Change over Time and Diagnostic Needs in Tandem

open access: yesJournal of Educational Measurement, Volume 63, Issue 3, Fall 2026.
Abstract Achievement tests are often designed to measure student growth over time using vertical scales while also providing diagnostic information on mastery of specific skill areas. However, traditional assessments rarely integrate psychometric models appropriate for both purposes.
Stephen Tavares, James Soland
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Components to Interpretation—Formal Approaches to Visible Meaning

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT Visual components of communication interact with the core linguistic system at all levels and make an important contribution to the meaning of the utterance expressed. This does not only apply to sign languages, which exclusively rely on the visual channel, but also co‐speech gestures and emojis, which are visual means that accompany and ...
Cornelia Ebert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spinning the Past Forward: Recording, Archiving, and (Re‐)listening to Siberian Phonograph Cylinders From the Jesup North Pacific Expedition

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT The article examines the history of phonographic recordings from the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897–1902), a venture that shaped the methods of Siberian and Arctic anthropology for decades. The authors—a historical anthropologist, a curator, and an Indigenous Sakha scholar—trace how audio recordings made during the expedition have moved ...
Dmitry Arzyutov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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