National Reading Report Panel provided comprehensive discussion of research evidence in 5 areas of reading instruction: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Text Comprehension. Phonemic awareness refers to noticing, identifying and working with the individual sounds in spoken words. Before children learn to read, they must understand that words are made up of speech sounds, […]
Prominent developmental theorists have argued that peer interactions are crucial for children’s cognitive and social-emotional development. Lev Vygotsky posited that children develop cognitive skills by interacting with more advanced peers and adults who are capable of demonstrating skills that are too advanced for the child to hold, however through interactions with more mature and knowledgeable […]
According to American Academy of Neurology, concussion is a biomechanically induced clinical syndrome related to alterations in brain function. The injury can be caused by a direct blow to the head, face, or neck or by a blow elsewhere to the body with force transmitted to the head. Loss of consciousness occurs in only 8%-19% […]