Hugh Catts
@CattsHugh
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Researcher at Florida State University. Studies dyslexia and other reading disorders. #dyslexia
Joined April 2020
A deep dive from @gtoppo on why kids aren't reading for pleasure
the74million.org
Doomscrolling. Poor literacy instruction. Overscheduling. These are some of the reasons cited for a generational decline in students reading for fun.
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a nice look at how knowledge building can promote language development and reading comprehension
Proud to share my new publication examining the effects of categorization in shared book reading in preschool classrooms on topical knowledge and vocabulary! @tandfonline @NYUSteinhardt @TanyaKaefer
https://t.co/cjkLNl1yyr
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Great read. The Memory Paradox: Why Our Brains Need Knowledge in an Age of AI. Don't let the length of this paper scar you away. It's worth the time and effort. Memory_Paradox_Oakley_PsyArXiv_May_12_2025.pdf
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If you are not following @C_Hendrick, you are missing out.
Cognitive karaoke: the superficial performance of understanding enabled by technology, where students appear fluent or competent by repeating AI-generated answers without actually engaging in the thinking required to produce them.
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*FREE GUIDE* What is the Science of Learning? Over the next few weeks, we'll be releasing support materials for the How Learning Happens course. These are aimed at schools looking to start their journey in implementing the science of learning. This first guide seeks to establish
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well said
I really enjoyed reading The Knowledge Gap by @natwexler! We have to protect Science and Social Studies instruction in elementary schools so that students can acquire the necessary content knowledge to make learning stick! We need more cross-curricular, interdisciplinary units
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I've been writing this post for 10 years. Link in reply ⬇️
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“Like dyslexia, DLD is a lifelong condition that requires age-appropriate support across the lifespan.” @tiffanyphogan SoRticle #18: Developmental Language Disorder: Syntactic Processing Difficulties are a Key Factor If you are not familiar with the work of Dr. Tiffany Hogan,
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What do we mean by “reading comprehension instruction”? @natwexler’s latest edition of Minding the Gap: 🔗 https://t.co/wUOTQ4xzCi
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Again, this is more evidence that curriculum approaches that sacrifice depth for breadth are widening gaps. Skills based curricula don't have a good track record here.
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🚀 New paper @PsychScience & press release! 🧬📖 🧮 Our large-scale study (20,000 children) shows that #ADHD, #dyslexia, and #dyscalculia often co-occur due to shared genetic risk—not because one condition causes the other. https://t.co/OvOdrs2nA2
https://t.co/EiF75ADMiz (1/5)
vu.nl
De erfelijke aanleg voor ADHD overlapt met aanleg voor dyslexie en dyscalculie, blijkt uit onderzoek van de VU en UvA.
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The Seductive Myth of Discovery Learning The idea that children learn better if they discover something themselves is attractive for many different reasons despite the fact that empirical research tells a very different story. https://t.co/gjmNR8k3KR
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The Effect of Preschool Vocabulary and Grammar on Early Reading Compre...
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Full of good stuff
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The evidence is clear: prioritizing so-called “general skills” over knowledge-building has failed our kids for decades. Read @natwexler’s take: https://t.co/mVs7a348TK
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I am super excited to say that both of our dyslexia Delphi papers have been published today! https://t.co/BdMkYVSbq6 and
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This paper discusses the findings of a Delphi study in which dyslexia experts, including academics, specialist teachers, educational psychologists, and individuals with dyslexia, were asked for...
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These details and more in my latest post on the Southern Surge:
karenvaites.org
Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama offer a playbook for improving reading outcomes.
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Lots of attention today on NAEP reading scores going down. But the decline may not represent a "reading" problem.
aft.org
Knowledge is crucial for comprehension; it lays the foundation for building our understanding of text and provides an anchor for holding new information in memory. More from @CattsHugh & @AlanKamhi...
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