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Research
4th graders who read for fun score higher, NAEP finds
November 2011 -- Fourth graders who reported reading for fun almost every day scored higher on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress than students who read for pleasure less frequently. Students who rarely or never read for fun scored lowest, as shown on the chart from the NAEP report. See page 19 of the "nation's report card" for complete details.
Casey Foundation issues 'Early Warnings" report
June 2010 -- Children who don't understand what they read by the end of third grade have trouble with learning and achieving for the rest of their lives. In the United States, 68 percent of children do not read proficiently by the end of third grade. In West Virginia, it's 74 percent. Among poor children, it's 83 percent. A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, drawing on years of study and experience, spells out exactly what to do. One of the recommendations: read to children from the start.
Does physical exercise make better students?
March 2009 -- Two professors at the University of Illinois found that physical activity may increase students’ cognitive control, or their ability to pay attention and thus their ability to do better on standardized tests.
Telling jokes helps make better readers
October 2008 -- Knock-knock jokes and other riddles can actually help children learn to read better and to understand what they read, says an article in October 2008 issue of Reading Teacher (reposted here at WETA public television’s Reading Rockets site).