Massey News Releases
A game changer to boost literacy and math skills – Describes a new study in Frontiers in Psychology showing that a small change in current teaching could greatly improve literacy progress especially for disadvantaged children
New book demystifies dyslexia – Describes a new book co-authored by Nicholson on helping students with dyslexia
Rich-poor divide in literacy – Describes recent research showing that children from poorer schools quickly fall behind in literacy during the school year and over summer compared with children from more advantaged schools
Elected to International Reading Hall of Fame 2009
Appointment as Professor of Literacy Education in 2006.
Media reports and interviews
Why are NZ Children struggling to read?
– Newshub, December 6, 2017
Phonics helps kids to crack code
– NZ Herald, June 23, 2017
Zero to hero – why spelling still matters in the digital age
– NZ Herald, June 12, 2017
Study focuses on summer slide in literacy
- Young people failing to build vocabulary in a sea of text messaging – Public Radio Live, 23 October, 2010
Radical steps needed to improve Maori literacy – Massey News, 8 August 2008