Thread by @rkomesidou

Listening to the amazing @ricketts_lara discussing vocabulary and reading in adolescence at @RHULPsychology #WorkingTogether2021!!!

Problem: about 20% of adolescents around the world struggle with reading preventing them to access the curriculum efficiently and demonstrate learning (e.g., exams)

Longitudinal data shows that "...consistent rank order amongst individuals (high stability), significant progress over time, and evidence that achievement gaps between the least and most able adolescents were narrowing."
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Here is an open-access poster summarizing these findings:
pc.rhul.ac.uk/sites/lara/wp-…

Important to remember - even for children with lower reading skills, practice in reading and introduction of complex language can be very beneficial.