Nell Duke & Kelly B. Cartwright

Reading Research Quarterly 56(1) pp. S25-S44 (2021)

The simple view of reading is commonly presented to educators in professional development about the science of reading. The simple view is a useful tool for conveying the undeniable importance – in fact necessity – of both decoding and linguistic comprehension for reading. Research in the 35 years since the theory was proposed has revealed additional understandings about reading.

(Duke & Cartwright, 2021, p. S25)

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