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Heidi Anne E. Mesmer – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Many initiatives have emphasized the importance of challenging students in text using readability formulas. Almost all formulas employ mean word frequency yet long-standing issues abound. Researchers question using a singular mean with a skewed variable like frequency. They also question the degree to which frequency pinpoints complex words,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Word Frequency, Difficulty Level, Elementary Schools
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Estelle Ardanouy; Hélène Delage; Pascal Zesiger – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: Graphotactic regularities are statistical regularities governing orthographic systems that children are sensitive to from the start of their literacy learning. The current study observed changes in children's sensitivity to a set of graphotactic patterns across different grades in elementary school and measured the contribution of skills…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, French, Orthographic Symbols, Foreign Countries
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Laura H. L. Niemi; Marja Holm; Eeva Haataja; Pia Ilomanni; Anu Laine – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2025
Motivation plays a crucial role in mathematical competence, with motivated students tending to perform better than those who lack motivation. Given that teachers can play a significant role in fostering student motivation, the aim of this study was to investigate teachers' influence on students' motivation to learn mathematics. Alongside the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement