Report on the Renfrewshire Literacy Approach (Scotland)
This report describes the first two years of the Renfrewshire Literacy Approach, designed to both raise general literacy attainment and to narrow the attainment gap between economically advantaged and disadvantaged children in Renfrewshire. The intervention was the result of a Read More …
Reading Monitor
Reading Monitor, a website hosted by the Dutch Reading Foundation, publishes the most important results of scientific research on reading and reading promotion. The website contains information on several different topics that are relevant for reading promotors, like reading aloud, reading Read More …
Reading and Watching: What does the written word have that images don’t?
The biennial international conference organised by the Dutch reading foundation is called READING AND WATCHING and was held on 21 November 2008. by Dick Schram (editor) For 20 years now, the Dutch reading foundation has been a successful factor in Read More …
Attitudes to Reading and Writing and their Links with Social Mobility 1914-2014: An Evidence Review (United Kingdom)
This review, commissioned by Booktrust from the University of Sheffield, has drawn on a range of literature, archive material, family interviews and data gathered using social media to explore attitudes to reading and writing and their links with social mobility Read More …
Bookstart outcomes
Bookstart leads to… 1. Families buying and sharing more books Researchers found that of families who received Bookstart packs, 71% of parents bought more books for their children, and 28% spent more time sharing books with their children (Wade and Read More …
Bookstart Research in South Tyrol (Italy)
Bookstart projects have become popular all over Europe. The Department of Culture for the German- and Italian-speaking population in South Tyrol (Italy) have been running a Bookstart (bilingual Italian and German) project since 2007. The project comprises a free pack Read More …
Bookstart social return on investment
The social, environmental and economic value created by Bookstart in England was quantified by Just Economics LLP as part of a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis for the 2009/10 financial year. Using the UK Cabinet Office process for assessing Read More …
BookTrust Reading Habits Survey (United Kingdom)
This report, prepapred by DJS Research Limited, presents the results of an England-wide survey of the reading habits of 1500 adults. It examines the relationship between reading habits, attitudes to reading and demographic factors. The findings highlight the need to Read More …
Leipzig Recommendations on Early Literacy Education (Germany)
The international conference ‘Prepare for Life! Raising Awareness for Early Literacy Education’ of experts held from March 12th to 14th2013 in Leipzig recognized the UNESCO definition on literacy as ‘the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use Read More …
Less Skilled Readers, Well Structured Texts? (Netherlands)
The impact of text and reader characteristics on text comprehension and text appreciation by VMBO pupils by Jentine Land The Most Important Results Language proficiency, discourse studies and much education research and research with a language-psychology orientation look at the Read More …
Magazine reading and diversity (Germany)
Magazines open doors to reading This study examines the effectiveness of the ‘Magazines in Schools’ project among pupils, who, as a result of their social situation or their migration backgrounds, are at a disadvantage as far as education is concerned. Read More …
Non-use of public libraries in Germany
The German reading foundation Stiftung Lesen and the German Library Association have released a representative telephone survey on the reasons for the non-use of public libraries. For the first time, it has been examined why adolescents and adults do not Read More …
Potential of e-readers in Germany
With the use of e-readers, reading becomes more appealing for children and teenagers. This is one of the major findings of a study conducted in 2011 by the German reading foundation Stiftung Lesen on the potential of e-readers in the Read More …
Prepare for Life: Language Education Is More Than Learning the Alphabet (Germany)
The International Expert Conference of early childhood language and reading skills want to work on a recommendation catalogue. More than 130 participants from 35 different countries discussed cultural, social and political parameters for up-to-date early childhood language and reading skills Read More …
Reading picture books as literature (Netherlands)
A structuralist approach to the concept of ‘literary competence’ for four to six-year-old children Summary of PhD Dissertation by Coosje van der Pol This research project addresses the question how picture books can support the development of literary competence in Read More …
Reading socialisation of children in the Family (Germany)
Representative longitudinal study by Stiftung Lesen, commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, proves head start for children who enjoy reading. The family home sets children on the right track regarding reading development. A representative Read More …
Reading Study 2016 (Germany)
Every year, Stiftung Lesen, Deutsche Bahn and the weekly newspaper Die Zeit examine the reading landscape in Germany and produce an empirical study, based on the original from 2007. You can click the link to read findings from the 2016 representative Read More …
Stories read by the computer: a promising innovation in nursery classes (Netherlands)
by Daisy J.H. Smeets and Adriana G. Bus Summary and Conclusions The results of this study show that digital picture books are a good way to prepare children for learning how to read. Children become familiar with language that is Read More …
The Eye of the Master (Netherlands)
Research on the literary development of pupils in the second stage of secondary education Why should you have to read what you can’t yet understand? This is the question underlying this research and aptly points to the didactic and social Read More …