Many studies have documented that a phonics approach is an essential component in the teaching of reading for beginning readers, especially for students at risk of reading disabilities. We study whether phonics approaches, as indicated by the choice of basal readers (materials for the initial...

Many studies have documented that a phonics approach is an essential component in the teaching of reading for beginning readers, especially for students at risk of reading disabilities. We study whether phonics approaches, as indicated by the choice of basal readers (materials for the initial...

15% der Menschen in der Schweiz verfügen über geringe Kompetenzen in den Bereichen Lesen, Rechnen und adaptives Problemlösen. Dies entspricht ungefähr 844 000 Personen. Diese Kompetenzen sind jedoch von entscheidender Bedeutung, da sie als Grundlage angesehen werden, die notwendigen...

We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of three million students in 90 countries. Both approaches show that role model effects on performance are, on average, small: 0.030 SD in the meta-analysis and 0.015 SD in our multi-country study. Going...