News

(20 December 2023)

We are delighted to report that we have completed the intervention program for our second and final cohort of 5th graders in the three participating schools.

(17 November 2023)

Members of the project team attended the 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society and presented posters of current research work from the project.
 

(17 August 2023)

Schools are starting, and we are ready to take on a new cohort of 5th graders.

(August 2023)

We are very happy to welcome a new member to our BetterReading team! Helene Raunholm has joined us to help with intervention and assessment during the 2nd year of the project’s intervention program.

(22 July 2023)

Kristin Simonsen attended the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Society of Reading and presented a poster on the development of two of our new tests.

(27 June 2023)

Following completion of intervention for our first cohort of 2nd graders and their final assessment phase, we enjoyed a Greek dinner on the terrace.

(February 1, 2023)

Great to see two groups of cheerful 2nd graders getting started on reading our exciting story of planet Tiruna.

(20 January 2023)

We must unfortunately cancel reading intervention with 2nd graders at Fjellhamar school during spring 2023 due to illness.

(10. January 2023)

It is now time to begin work with second grade. Thank you all who have agreed to participate.

(January 2023)

We are delighted to report that we have completed the final assessment of our first groups of 5th graders in the participating schools.

(December 2022)

Despite small delays due to illness and various school activities, almost all participating children have now successfully completed the intervention program with at least 20 reading sessions. 

(November 2022)

The BetterReading team is going to attend the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, where we will present our research in the project and have the opportunity to discuss our plans and findings with fellow researchers from all over the world.

(19.08.2022)

Today was our first day of data collection for the intervention, and this is what we have been working and piloting towards – a real milestone for the project! 

(August 2022)

Our project group is growing, and we are fortunate to have several master students who want to contribute to the group and write their thesis in association with the BetterReading project. 

(June 2022)

We are very happy to welcome a new member to our BetterReading team! Ece Aybike Ala-Pettersen has joined us to help with intervention and assessment, and will be a valuable resource in the group. 

(June 8, 2022)

We are thrilled to share that our second round of data collection is done; our pre-intervention pilot phase is officially concluded!

(May 9-13, 2022)

This week the team participated in an eye tracking workshop. Click on the heading to read more about our exciting week!

(March 2022)

We are happy to announce that we are going back to our participating schools to initiate the second round of data collection with our older group of children in 5th grade. This pilot phase will help us detect and improve our new materials towards fine-tuning our assessment and intervention for 5th-grade students. 

(February 28 - March 8, 2022)

Currently, our team members are visiting our participating schools to spread the word about our upcoming pilot data collection in the Spring and intervention in the Fall! 

(January 2022)

After much deliberation, we have decided that it is too risky to embark on the intervention as planned during the coming semester. The reason is the uncertainty of how the pandemic may develop and affect schools. Click on the link to read more.

(November 27, 2021)

After a year of hard work amidst an ongoing pandemic, we took a moment to relax and celebrate our accomplishments so far, with plenty of food, drink, and dessert. Fun was had by all!

(November 15, 2021)

We are excited to announce the second round of data collection getting started with children in 2nd grade. These data will help us detect and correct problems with new materials, and also adjust and select materials that will be used in Grade 2 assessment and intervention.

(November 11, 2021)

After reviewing a long list of applicants to announced positions for research assistants, and interviewing several capable candidates, we are happy that Siri Sandberg, Tone Sannerholt, and Marie Nordahl have joined the project team to help with assessment and intervention.

(October 5, 2021)

The team met with our external collaborator, Bob McMurray, to discuss the data of a word reading test and plan the writeup of a report about it. We decided to collect additional data from adults, in order to confirm our interpretation, before producing the final report.

(September 29, 2021)

Members of our team visited two participating schools and presented the project to parents’ meetings. We are grateful for the opportunity to meet teachers and parents and discuss our project, and we are looking forward to going back next semester.