Collinson Library: `Leading Literacy: Research

Research into Literacy

Musical training can accelerate brain development and help with literacy skills
Source: The Conversation 21 July 2015
"A new study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, aimed to assess neurodevelopment in adolescence and the impact that certain forms of experience, such as musical training, could have on this process."

Making the links: literacy across learning areas in secondary school settings
From Teach, Learn, Share - Published in 2014, the result of a study In 2009–2011, there were six mentor teachers involved, 70 teachers and 600 students. All schools were in metropolitan and outer metropolitan areas.

Making the links: Integrating Spelling, Vocabulary, Knowledge and Comprehension across the Curriculum website
Teachers in secondary schools have raised concerns about the spelling and vocabulary knowledge in their middle years classrooms (Year 7-9), suggesting that many students reach this phase of schooling unable to successfully comprehend complex subject area texts or write extended text that is representative of their knowledge of the subject.
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In 2010 the Catholic Education Office of WA (CEOWA) commissioned Associate Professor Val Faulkner and Associate Professor Grace Oakley to undertake a detailed study that explored supporting student improvement in spelling, word knowledge and reading comprehension. A key focus for the study was to improve teacher knowledge of how to support students with spelling, word knowledge and vocabulary development. Eight schools participated in the study during 2010 and 2011. Four schools from the 2009 pilot study and four additional schools that joined the study in first term 2010. Two detailed reports titled Making the Links: Integrating Spelling, Vocabulary, Knowledge and Comprehension across the Curriculum have been produced from the study.