It is imperative that students learn to read in the early grades, yet many fail to do so in
developing countries. Early Grade Reading (EGR) interventions have emerged as a …

Several rigorously evaluated programs have recently shown positive effects on early literacy
and numeracy outcomes in developing countries. However, these programs have not been …

Many successful piloted programs fail when scaled up to a national level. In Kenya, which
has a long history of particularly ineffective implementation after successful pilot programs …

The linguistic interdependence hypothesis (Cummins, 1979, 2000) states that children's
second-language (L2) proficiency is, to some extent, a function of their first-language (L1) …

Background Digital literacy instruction is increasingly common in contemporary practices
and can accommodate learners with a range of needs. This systematic review explores the …

Most research on reading acquisition is conducted in high-income countries, and the
majority of the limited research from middle-and low-income countries focuses exclusively …

Teacher educators in Nigeria receive limited professional development, particularly
regarding the instruction of early grade reading skills. As part of the USAID-funded Northern …

Ever since I started doing research on language in education in the African context way back
in the 1980s, the question of the language of instruction in Sub-Saharan Africa has been …

The developing world faces a learning crisis, wherein children fail to master basic skills
despite years of primary school attendance. The literature indicates that both in-school and …

This two-phase study was designed as a quasi-experiment to learn about the impacts of the
interactive early literacy software and the library of digital books and stories on primary …