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According to The Nation’s Report Card, 66 percent of 8th graders in public schools aren’t proficient in reading.1 When a student isn’t reading at a proficient level, it can affect their learning as a whole. Explore the impact large print can make as part of your reading comprehension strategy. Thorndike Press from Gale, a Cengage Company, is a leading publisher of large print—offering nearly 600 high-interest fiction and nonfiction titles in a format perfect for striving readers.
The COVID Slide and the digital divide are widening the gap between students and reading success. Find out why librarians across the country say large print is a must-have format for reading programs.
Check new releases, collection development tips, and gain insight on how librarians and educators are making the most of their large print collections.
1 National Assessment of Educational Progress. The Nations Report Card 2019. (2020, October) Retrieved October 16, 2020 from https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading/nation/achievement?grade=8
2 Legge, G. & Bigelow, C. Does Print Size Matter for Reading? (2014, August). Retrieved December 16, 2014 from http://www.journalofvision.org/content/11/5/8.full
3 Jabr, F., (2013). The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens. Scientific American. April 11, 2013. Web. Retrieved 8-14-16. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/
4 Tanner, M. J. (2014). Digital vs. print: Reading comprehension and the future of the book. SLIS Student Research Journal, 4(2). Retrieved from http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol4/iss2/6.
5 Bloodsworth, J.G. (1993). Legibility of print (Report No. CS-011-244). East Lansing, M: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. ED355497)/
6 Kaiser Family Foundation. (2010) Generation M²: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year Old’s. Retrieved 8.20.2018. https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress. com/2013/04/8010.pdf