Literacy experts explained 'the science of reading' isn't just one program or curriculum, but an entire body of research on how to teach reading.

Mullen characterized it as guessing, compared with the sound-it-out decoding of words that phonics employs. “Decoding words is really the only true way to teach children to read,” she said.

Mr. Lyon’s carefully orchestrated efforts to focus early reading instruction on phonics and decoding did not create competent readers. His efforts yielded competent decoders.

For reading to be fluent, decoding must be automatic and without thought, so that decoding becomes effortless—allowing students to focus their brain energy on comprehension.

In this paper, the relevance of word structure knowledge to decoding and spelling instruction is discussed. An explicit, discussion oriented, direct approach to teaching decoding and spelling based on ...

A recent meta-analysis of the experimental research literature shows that understanding phonics can greatly help second language learners in decoding both English words.

Practitioners and scientists should look at recent, relevant findings in cognitive science including phonics skills.

Combining phonics and background knowledge The science of reading is not a program, curriculum, nor something you can purchase. It’s a collection of scientific research from a variety of ...

Phonics and decoding are also the subject of a documentary called “ The Right To Read,” which presents literacy as a major civil rights issue.

Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced into the Victorian curriculum despite resistance from the Australian Education Union.