Research & Resources
Research in psychology and neuroscience provide us with a roadmap to reading success for students. Recent brain research reveals the parallel between the step-by-step process of learning to read and the development of neural circuitry within the brains of children learning to decipher the reading code.
IntelliSense® Phonics is aligned with the National Reading Panel’s criteria for teaching young children how to read. According to the panel’s report, when the techniques a teacher uses to teach phonics are motivating, engaging, and fun, students will be more successful. Systematic and explicit phonics, when introduced early, significantly improves kindergarten and first-grade children’s word recognition, spelling, and reading comprehension.
The resources below are just some of the many books, research articles and websites that discuss the latest information about learning styles and brain research. These topics are primary influences on how we learn to read.
Books
A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice by Howard Gardner
Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners by Craig Pohlman
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level by Sally Shaywitz
Articles
Multiple Intelligences: A Theory for Everyone by Anne Guignon
Learning Styles – Know and Use Your Personal Learning Style by Grace Fleming
Brain-based (Compatible) Learning
Visual Learners by Melissa Kelly
Brain Research into Practice by Martha Kaufeldt
9 Components of Effective, Research-Supported Reading Instruction by Learning First Alliance
National Institute of Health Reading Research