All Outputs (2)

Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions (2013)
Journal Article
Wray, D., & Medwell, J. (in press). Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions. Education 3-13, 43(2),

Several early learning programmes have targeted children’s reading, particularly their relationships with books. One, Bookstart, provided free books to babies attending their 8-month health check at local clinics. Study of this programme suggested th... Read More about Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions.

Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds (2013)
Journal Article
Medwell, J., & Wray, D. (2014). Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds. Language and Education, 28(1), 34-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2013.763819

Although handwriting has a fairly low status in literacy education, evidence is accumulating that it has an important role in written composition. In particular, handwriting automaticity appears to relate to success in composition. This relationship... Read More about Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds.