Big books are enlarged versions of a reading book, usually illustrated and with very large type, generally used by a teacher guided group of students to read together and learn about concepts of print [..]

Graphophonic refers to the letter /sound relationship between the orthography (symbols) and phonology (sounds) of a language.

A perceptual handicap causes difficulty in accurately perceiving or discriminating, processing or organizing visual, auditory, or tactile information. The rate of development and learning depend upon [..]

The Verbal Efficiency Theory is attributed to Perfetti & Lesgold (1979). It states that mere word recognition accuracy is not, in itself, sufficient to enable fluent reading comprehension. Instead [..]

The practice of grouping students around achievement levels, often for identifying the top (perhaps) five to eight academically talented or intellectually gifted students at a grade level, and placing [..]

A multisensory approach advocates instructional strategies that integrate use of students’ senses, including touch and movement. It is thought that practice to mastery can be facilitated by u [..]

Orthographic knowledge understands that the speech sounds in a language are represented by written or printed symbols, associated with spelling, but also knowledge of hyphenation, capitalization, word [..]

Accumulating student information, both formative and summative, to ensure a correct record is kept of his/her progress, used to inform appropriate programming for the student.

Word attack is an aspect of reading instruction that includes teaching of strategies for decoding as well as recognition of frequently occurring and irregular words by sight. 

In education, accommodations, or adjustments, are modifications to teaching and learning environments intending to help equalise access to the curriculum and assessment for students with learning diff [..]