The Reading and Vocabulary project is funded by the Nuffield Foundation to investigate whether the amount of reading that children and adolescents do is important for vocabulary growth. We are working with Dr Laura Shapiro, Professor Adrian Burgess and Dr Sanne van der Kleij at Aston University.
If you’re interested in reading more about the RAV project then please click here and click here
A guide to completing the reading diary can be found here: click here.
Coming soon… new longitudinal work on reading, vocabulary and educational outcomes. Watch this space!
Publications:
- van der Kleij, S. W., Burgess, A. P., Ricketts, J., & Shapiro, L. R. (2023). Tracking vocabulary and reading growth in children from lower and higher socioeconomic backgrounds during the transition from primary to secondary education. Child development, 94(1), e57-e66.
- Van Der Kleij, S. W., Burgess, A. P., Ricketts, J., & Shapiro, L. R. (2022). From bibliophile to sesquipedalian: modeling the role of reading experience in vocabulary and reading comprehension. Scientific Studies of Reading, 26(6), 514-526.
- RAV project final report