Outreach activities
Publications
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Korochkina, M., & Rastle K. (2024). What makes GCSE English Literature so hard for students? Tes, published online on 4 August 2024. Link to the online version
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Korochkina, M., & Rastle K. (2024). What words do children encounter when they read for pleasure? Nomanis, Issue 17 (Originally appeared on the Rastle Lab blog, see below).
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Korochkina, M., & Rastle K. (2024). What words do children encounter when they read for pleasure? Accessible blog post.
Talks
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Words in books: A challenge, a blessing, or both? Invited talk given at the ResearchED National Conference, London, UK, 7 September 2024 (with Kathy Rastle). [slides]
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What does it take to read and understand the GCSE English Literature texts? Talk given at the Working Together: Research and Practice event 2024, The South East Research Network for Schools, Egham, UK, 21 June 2024. [slides]
Collaborations with industry
In a recent collaboration with The World Bank, we show that students in low- and middle-income countries are failing to acquire the most basic skills necessary for reading comprehension. Our findings highlight that evidence-based phonics instruction is needed to support global literacy goals.
External publications featuring my research
- Kaffenberger, M. (25 November 2024). Child literacy in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Human Behaviour. [link]
- Teaching methods must change to address globally poor reading skills, experts say. Phys.org (11 November 2024) [link]
- Quigley, A. (24 September 2024). The rare vocabulary problem in English Literature. [link to article]
- Quigley, A. (15 April 2024). In the battle of books vs videos, there is a clear winner for literacy. Tes [link to article]