Some components of reading comprehension don't lend themselves well to scientific study, with the result that one component--"skills and strategies"--has come to overshadow the others. The middle of a ...

A professor found that a simple change -- turning on captions during educational videos -- dramatically improved students' test scores and comprehension. A simple change -- switching on captions -- ...

Schools spend hours every week teaching comprehension skills and strategies in "reading" class, without results. Using those techniques in history, science, and other content-focused classes could ...

A recent UCLA study found no significant costs to watching online lecture videos at faster speeds. According to the study published Nov. 14, there was no difference in learning comprehension between ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

There are a lot of reasons people are resistant to reading online, or using e-readers. They just don’t feel like real books or magazines. There are no glossy pages, no nice book smells. And some have ...