Research on Literacy and Numeracy Archives - Waldorf Research Institute https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/category/research-on-literacy-and-numeracy/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Kids Understand More From Books Than Screens, But That’s Not Always the Case https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/kids-understand-more-from-books-than-screens-but-thats-not-always-the-case/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/kids-understand-more-from-books-than-screens-but-thats-not-always-the-case/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:17:08 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1851
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Research demonstrates that children (adults, too!) comprehend and retain more when reading a printed page than when reading online. Yet the incessant urge continues to push to make both the means for teaching children. In this article, this is demonstrated emphatically. God bless the teachers, like those interviewed for this article, who work to follow the government mandates on the purchase and use of technology as they work to bring to children what they truly need to learn and to learn to read!

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]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/kids-understand-more-from-books-than-screens-but-thats-not-always-the-case/feed/ 0 Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/growing-up-in-a-house-full-of-books-is-major-boost-to-literacy-and-numeracy-study-finds/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/growing-up-in-a-house-full-of-books-is-major-boost-to-literacy-and-numeracy-study-finds/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:38:40 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1332 Books in the house? New research finds that an abundance of books helps the young to literacy and numeracy!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/10/growing-up-in-a-house-full-of-books-is-major-boost-to-literacy-and-numeracy-study-finds

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