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Name: Thomas William Nicholson

Current Position: Professor of Literacy Education

School of Education

Massey University at Auckland

Albany Campus

Contact details

Phone: (09) 414 0800 ext 41281

Direct phone: 443 9685

Mobile: 021 1085 923

Home: 373 2753

Home address: 10 Cracroft Street, Parnell, Auckland

e-mail: t.nicholson@massey.ac.nz

Part A – Academic details

Qualifications:

BA, MA from University of Sydney

Teachers Certificate from Sydney Teachers College

PhD in Education from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Academic Positions Held:

2006- present Massey University at Albany, School of Education, Professor of Literacy Education

1990-2006 The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor (1990-2001) and Professor (Personal Chair) (2001-2006)

1977-1990 University of Waikato - Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor

1974-1977 University of Minnesota - PhD student and Instructor

1972-1974 Research and Planning Office, Education Department of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia - Research Officer

1967-1972 Bonnyrigg High and Campbelltown High, Sydney, Australia - English/History Teacher

Part B - Peer esteem

International Awards:

2009 - Elected member, Reading Hall of Fame, International Reading Association, Newark, Delaware

“Elected to the Reading hall of Fame by a vote of the membership for distinguished contributions to literacy research, theory and/or practice.”

Onassis Foreigners Fellowship, 2002-2003, Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Athens, Greece

Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, International Reading Association

Research rankings

New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) University Research Rating – Grade = A

Government Committees

2010 - Appointed to Independent Advisory Group (AIG) to the Minister of Education

1999 - Appointed to New Zealand Expert Literacy Group, appointed by Minister of Education

Other

• Letters of congratulation on induction to Reading Hall of Fame from the Minister of Education Anne Tolley, and from the Massey University Vice Chancellor Steve Maharey, and from the editors of Reading Research Quarterly, and p. 29 of New Zealand Reading Forum journal

• Invitation to meet with the Prime Minister of New Zealand to discuss Education issues, 29 June 2009

• Visit from three Members of Parliament to Albany campus (Louise Upston, Cam Calder, and Allan Peachey) to discuss Education issues

International Committees

Chair, International Literacy Project Grants, International Reading Association

Professional service

2001- 2010

Directed After-School Reading Programs and Summer Schools of Reading – more than 650 pupils tutored, ages ranging from five years to adults - funded by private donations, charities, and businesses - $10,000 per annum (varies)

2009 - Member, Te Wananga o Hoani Waititi Council, Auckland

University scholarships

2007-2010- Smart Kids Scholarship – This is a graduate scholarship that I negotiated with Smart Kids Publishers of $1000 awarded annually to the best graduate student at Albany in the Literacy Education program

Invited international memberships

Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy (DDOL) - Australia (invited)

National Council for Research in Language and Literacy (NCRLL) (invited)

Visiting Scholar

Visiting Scholar, Center for Cognitive Science, University of Texas at Austin

Visiting Scholar, School of Education, Stanford University

Visiting Scholar, Australian Council for Educational Research

Visiting Scholar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Invited international lectures

Stanford University

University of Texas at Austin

Columbia University, City University of New York

University of Minnesota

Free University of Amsterdam.

Invited/sponsored speaker – International meetings

Israeli Language and Literacy Association – Tel Aviv

International Reading Association – Chicago meeting

Prince Edward Island University, Canada

National Dyslexia Foundation – Big Island, Hawaii

NATO Institute – Il Ciocco, Italy

Successful Learning Conference - Sydney

National Dyslexia Foundation – Kauaii, Hawaii

Language Arts Foundation – Oklahoma City

International Reading Association – Texas

Australian Reading Association - Brisbane

Journal Reviewing:

Current Advisory Review Boards

Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Past Advisory Review Boards

National Reading Conference Yearbook

Scientific Studies of Reading

American Educational Research Journal

Journal of Literacy Research

Reading Research Quarterly

Reading Psychology

Publications Committee, International Reading Association

The Reading Teacher

Ad-Hoc Reviewer

Applied Psycholinguistics

Reading and Writing (ranked as one of the top ten journals in Education and Educational Research)

Journal of Educational Psychology

International Journal of Development and Disabilities

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Australian Journal of Education

Set – A Journal for Teachers

Part C –Contributions to the research environment

Grants and Consultancies:

2010 Video demonstrations of adult reading assessments. Commissioned by Tertiary Education Commission

2010 Review of “Starting Points Assessment Guide”. Commissioned by Tertiary Education Commission.

2010 Reading intervention project, funded by MSA Charitable Trust, $350,000 (in progress)

2010 Books in Homes Summer School Project, funded by MSA Charitable Trust, $30,000 (in progress)

2010 Pilot trial - Skype literacy project, funded by Lion Foundation, $60,000 (in progress)

2009 Consultant to Fairfax media’s early childhood First Books, Book Bank and the ‘Have you Read with your Child Today?’ advertising and awareness campaign. $1,000

2007-2008 – Reading intervention in three schools in South Auckland. 2-year project. $450,000

2001-2010 – After School Reading Program – $100,000

Longitudinal survey of 5-year-old children to study their reading and writing development. Research grant, The University of Auckland. $8,000

Attitudes of young people to the media. Consultant to AC Nielsen in developing a research proposal for the Broadcasting Standards Authority. No fee.

Follow-up survey of reading and writing development of 9-year-old children attending schools in east, south and central Auckland. $2,000

“Struggletown”. Funded by New Zealand Business Roundtable. The children were-assessed a year after the study was completed, to establish the extent to which the effects of the special instruction had endured over time. $50,000

Study of reading in secondary school classrooms. $50,000 plus support from Ministry of Education

National survey of secondary school subject teachers’ views of reading. Funded by Ministry of Education. $2,000 plus support from Ministry of Education

National evaluation of "On the way to reading", a radio series for parents presented on National Radio. $2,000 plus support from National Radio.

Expert witness review of commercial reading materials. Funded by the New Zealand Commerce Commission. $5,000

Evaluation of Reading Tests. Commissioned by Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). $1,000

The Reading Process (Distance Learning - Course of Study). Ministry of Education. $9,000

Total – over 1 million dollars

Part D – Teaching and Supervision

Current - Massey University - Auckland

Postgraduate Diploma of Education (Teaching)

Master of Education (Literacy)

209.102 Human Development

MEd and PhD supervision

1990-2006 - The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Undergraduate

Introduction to Developmental Psychology (Stage 1)

Current Issues in Education (Stage 1)

Child Development (Stage 2)

Learning and Reading Disabilities (Stage 3)

The Reading Process (Stage 3)

Research Topic (Stage 3)

Graduate

The Psychology of Reading (Graduate)

Children’s Reading and Writing Difficulties (Graduate)

Research Methods in Education (Graduate)

Research Topic (Graduate)

1977- 1990 – University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Teaching Reading (Stage 3)

Reading Problems (Stage 3)

Language and Cognition (Stage 3)

Reading: Advanced Study (Graduate)

Language and Cognition: Advanced Study (Graduate)

Research Thesis Supervision:

I have supervised more than 40 postgraduate Masters and PhD theses/dissertations. I am currently supervising 3 PhD thesis students and one Master’s thesis. I have co-supervised several PhD and masters theses with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Science at The University of Auckland

Student awards: One of my PhD students won an international award – National Reading Council (NRC) Student Research Award. One of my graduate MA thesis students won The University of Auckland Habens Prize.

Student Evaluations of Teaching:

• During my teaching career student reports on my ability as a lecturer have been very high, in the 90 and 100 percent range (results available on request).

• During my teaching career classes have had large enrolments, e.g., Stage 1 100-750 students, Stage 2 60-80, Stage 3 40-55, and graduate courses 14-25.

Part E - Service 1977-present

Massey University committees

2009 Professorial promotions Committee

Albany Leaders Committee

College of Education Massey committee

College Research Committee

College Professorial Committee

University-wide committees at other Universities

University Council

Senate

Postgraduate and Scholarships Committee

Leave Committee

Assessment Committee

Human Subjects Ethics Committee

Education PBRF Committee

Faculty of Arts Committees

Staffing Committee

Appointments Committee

Promotions Committee

Research Committee

Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS)

Library Committee

Outstanding Teacher Award Committee

Faculty of Education Committees

Staffing Committee

Research Committee

School of Education Committees

Co-Head of School of Education (2001-2003)

Finance adviser

ACE/UoA Institute Committee

Chair, Timetable Committee

Chair, Undergraduate Committee

Chair, Finance Committee

Chair, International Committee

Chair, Space Committee

Chair, Curriculum Group

Chair, Students Committee

Other administrative experience

Association of University Staff (AUS - Waikato) Executive Committee

President, Waikato Reading Association

Part F - Publications

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Part A. Books

1. Nicholson, T., & Dymock, S.J. (2010). Teaching reading vocabulary. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. 145 pp.

2. Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (2007). Teaching text structures: A key to nonfiction reading success. New York: Scholastic, 240 pp.

3. Nicholson, T. (2006). Phonics handbook. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons. 416pp.

4. Nicholson, T. (2005). At the cutting edge: The importance of phonemic awareness in learning to read (2nd ed.), Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 119 pp.

5. Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson (2002). Teaching reading comprehension. Supplementary material: Transactional (teacher’s guide). Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research

6. Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson (2002). Teaching reading comprehension. Supplementary material: Transactional (student worksheets). Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

7. Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (2001). Teaching reading comprehension. Supplementary material: Narrative (student worksheets). Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research

8. Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (2001).Teaching reading comprehension. Supplementary material: Narrative (teacher’s guide). Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

9. Nicholson, T. (2000). Reading the writing on the wall. Debates, challenges and opportunities in the teaching of reading. Melbourne: Thomson, 347 pp.

10. Dymock, S. J., & Nicholson, T. (1999). Reading comprehension. What is it? How do you teach it? Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 86 pp.

11. Nicholson, T. (1999). At the cutting edge: Learning to read and spell for success (rev. ed.) Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 84 pp.

12. Thompson, G. B., & Nicholson, T. (Eds.) (1999). Learning to read: Beyond phonics and whole language. New York: Teachers College Press and International Reading Association, 269pp.

13. Nicholson, T. (1997). Solving reading problems across the curriculum (rev. ed.). Wellington, NZ/Melbourne, Australia: New Zealand and Australian Councils for Educational Research, 96 pp.

14. Nicholson, T. (1994). At the cutting edge: Recent research on learning to read and spell (1st edition). Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 50 pp.

15. Thompson, G.B., Tunmer, W.E., & Nicholson, T. (Eds.) (1993). Reading acquisition processes. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, 156 pp.

16. Nicholson, T. (1991). Overcoming the Matthew effect: Solving reading problems across the curriculum (1st ed.). Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 98 pp.

17. Nicholson, T. (1988). Reading and learning in the junior secondary school. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education, 48 pp.

18. Nicholson, T. (1984). The process of reading: An introduction to theory and practice in the teaching of reading. Sydney, Australia: Horwitz Grahame, 71pp.

19. Nicholson, T. (1982). An anatomy of reading (2nd edition). Sydney: Martin Educational, 119 pp.

20. Nicholson, T. (1973). An anatomy of reading (1st ed.). Adelaide: Education Department of South Australia, 190 pp.

Part B. Other publications

Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (in press). 'High Five!’ Strategies to enhance comprehension of expository text. The Reading Teacher, 64(3)

Nicholson, T, & Tunmer, W.E. (2010). Reading. In C. Rubie-Davies (Ed.), Educational psychology: Concepts, research, and challenges. London: Routledge.

Nicholson, T, & Townsend, M.A. (2010). Children’s friendships. In C. Rubie-Davies (Ed.), Educational psychology: Concepts, research, and challenges. London: Routledge.

Tunmer, W.E., & Nicholson, T. (2010). The development and teaching of word recognition skill. In P.D. Pearson et al. (Eds), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 4). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (2010). "Every story has a problem". How to improve student narrative writing in grades 1-3. In B.Moss & D. Lapp (Eds.), Teaching the texts children need to succeed in the elementary grades (1-3) (pp. 26-44). New York: Guilford Press.

Dymock, S.J., & Nicholson, T. (2010). "Every story has a problem". How to improve student narrative writing in grades 4-6. In B.Moss & D. Lapp (Eds.), Teaching the texts children need to succeed in the elementary grades (4-6) (pp. 26-42). New York: Guilford Press.

Nicholson, T. (2008). Achieving equity for Maori children in reading by 2020. New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 18, 159-182. victoria.ac.nz/NZAROE

Tunmer, W.E., Nicholson, T., Greaney, K., Prochnow, J.E., Chapman, J.W., & Arrow, A.W. (2008). PIRLS before swine: a critique of the National Literacy Strategy. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 43(2), 115-119.

Nicholson, T., & Ritter, A. (2008). How reliable are informal reading inventories? A brief report. Reading Forum NZ, 23 (3), 28-33.

Nicholson, T. (2008, Sept-Dec). Dyslexia – Researchers in denial. Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, 40 (3 and 4), 10-11.

Nicholson, T. (2008, 16 June). How to tell the difference between dyslexia and other reading problems. The Education Weekly, 19, 3

Nicholson, T. (2008, 13 June). Dyslexia – what is it and how do you deal with it? Education Review, p. 6.

Nicholson, T. (2008, March). Report on the First Reading and Writing Conference, University of Stavanger, Norway. Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, p.15.

Nicholson, T. (2007). “How many sounds in ox?” A survey of linguistic knowledge that teachers might need to teach reading and spelling effectively. Set 2, pp. 29-34.

Nicholson, T. (2007, October). Dyslexia – Recent changes in New Zealand’s official recognition of dyslexia. Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, 39 (4), pp. 3-5.

Nicholson, T. (2006, April 21). Controlled research: Tom Nicholson calls for greater rigour in educational research. NZ Education Review, p. 7.

Nicholson, T. & Ng, G.L. (2006). The case for teaching phonemic awareness and simple phonics to preschoolers. In R.M. Joshi & P.G. Aaron (Eds.), Handbook of orthography and literacy (pp. 637-648). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Nicholson, T. (2006). How to avoid reading failure: Teach phonemic awareness. In A. McKeough, L.M. Phillips, V. Timmons, & J.L. Lupart (Eds.), Understanding literacy development: A global view (pp. 31-48). Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum.

Nicholson, T. W. (2005). Phonics in action 1hr 30min. Unpublished DVD. Centre for Flexible & Distance Learning University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ Video

Nicholson, T. (2005). The Nelson inquiry: Will it be sound and fury signifying nothing? Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, 37, (2), 7-8.

Nicholson, T. (2005). Literacy for some. Delta: Policy and Practice in Education, 56, (2), 65-68

Nicholson, T. (2005, April 19). Reading vouchers would boost thousands of children. New Zealand Herald.

Nicholson, T. (2005). Reading problems and conduct disorder. Proceedings of conference on severe conduct disorders, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, July.

Nicholson, T. (2004). Do children read words better in context or in lists? A classic study revisited. In D. Wray (Ed.), Literacy: Major themes in education. Vol.2., Reading processes and teaching (pp. 29-44). London: Routledge-Falmer.

Nicholson, T. (2005). Academic underachievement and behaviour: An axiomatic link? In P. Garner, F. Yuen, P. Clough, & T. Pardeck (Eds.), Handbook of emotional and behavioural difficulties in Education (pp. 155-166). London: Sage Publications.

Nicholson, T. (2003). Risk factors in learning to read, and what to do about them. In B. Foorman (Ed.), Preventing and remediating reading difficulties: Bringing science to scale (pp. 165-196). Timonium, MD: York Press.

Milne, R.D., Nicholson, T., & Corballis, M.C. (2003). Lexical access and phonological decoding in adult dyslexic subtypes, Neuropsychology, 17, 362-368.

Nicholson, T. (2002). The social and political contexts of reading: Contemporary literacy policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. In P. Adams & H. Ryan (Eds.), Learning to read in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 22-50). Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Nicholson, T. (April, 2002). Small is beautiful. North and South, p. 96.

Nicholson, T. (March, 2002). To work or not to work? North and South, p. 96.

Nicholson, T. (September, 2001). The reading debate of the 1990s: Academics taking a stand. Inaugural professorial lecture. Audio-cassette, General Library, The University of Auckland, 50 min..

Nicholson, T. (November, 2001). School at four? North and South, pp. 94-95

Nicholson, T. (October, 2001). Phonics strikes back. North and South, pp. 94-95.

Nicholson, T. (September 2001). Teacher drain. North and South, pp. 94-95.

Nicholson, T. (August, 2001). Caught in the Middle? North and South, pp. 94-95.

Nicholson, T. (July, 2001). Boys will be boys. North and South, pp. 94-95

Nicholson, T. (June, 2001). Great teacher expectations. North and South, pp. 95-96

Nicholson, T. (May, 2001). Special education struggle. North and South, pp. 101-102

Nicholson, T. (April, 2001). Need extra help? North and South, pp. 94-95

Nicholson, T. (March, 2001). The decile wars. North and South, pp. 95-96

Nicholson, T. (February, 2001). Myths and legends. North and South, p. 101.

Nicholson, T. (2001, December 12). Surveys aside, we’ve too many illiterate children. New Zealand Herald

Nicholson, T. (2000). Whole language versus phonics. In J. Soler & J. Smith (Eds.), Literacy in New Zealand. Practices, politics and policy since 1900 (pp. 82-97). Auckland: Longman.

Nicholson, T. (December, 2000). Santa Claus is coming to town. North and South, p. 101

Nicholson, T. (November, 2000). Memory strategies. North and South, p. 101

Nicholson, T. (October, 2000). Fear of failure. North and South, p. 101

Nicholson, T. (August, 2000). Friends – Who needs them? North and South, p. 101

Nicholson, T. (July, 2000). State or Private? North and South, pp. 98 - 99

Nicholson, T. (July 14, 2000). A close reading of the gaps. New Zealand Education Review, p. 9

Nicholson, T. (May, 2000). Sacred skills. North and South, pp. 102 - 103

Nicholson, T. (May 5, 2000). Thumbs up for phonics. NZ Education Review, May 5, 2000, p.8

Nicholson, T. (March 31, 2000). America’s cup of reading, New Zealand Education Review, p. 8

Nicholson, T. (January 14, 2000). Getting ahead of traffic. New Zealand Education Review, p. 7

Nicholson, T. (2000). Teaching phonemic awareness and phonics. Auckland: The University of Auckland Television Unit.

Gibbs, C. J., & Nicholson, T. (Winter, 1999). When you’ve heard it all before and still can’t read. Effective School Practices, 17, 80-86.

Nicholson, T. (1998). The flashcard strikes back. The Reading Teacher, 52, 188-192.

Nicholson, T. (1999). Family, literacy and society. In G. B. Thompson & T. Nicholson (Eds.), Learning to read: Beyond phonics and whole language (pp. 1-24). New York: Teachers College Press.

Nicholson, T. (1999). Reading comprehension processes. In G. B. Thompson & T. Nicholson (Eds.), Learning to read: Beyond phonics and whole language (pp. 127-149). New York: Teachers College Press.

Nicholson, T. & Tan, A. (1998). Word identification processes. In G. B. Thompson & T. Nicholson (Eds.), Learning to read: Beyond phonics and whole language (pp. 150-173). New York: Teachers College Press.

Fletcher-Flinn, C. M., White, C. Y., & Nicholson, T. (1998). Does Reading Recovery improve phonological skills? Queensland Journal of Educational Research, 14, 4-28.

Nicholson, T. (1998). Phonological awareness and learning to read. In L. van Lier & D. Corson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of language and education [Vol. 6: Knowledge about language] (pp. 53-61). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

Nicholson, T. & Lam, R. (1998). Whole-language teachers and phonics: Not “do they” but “how much is enough?” Set: Research Information for Teachers, 2 (article 6).

Nicholson, T. (1998). Pride and prejudice: Reading in New Zealand. In J. Biddulph (Ed.), Language/literacy education: Diversity and challenge (pp. 19-22; 26-32). Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Teacher Education.

Nicholson, T. (1998). Effective schooling for tomorrow (summary points). In M. Sinclair (Ed.), Conference Proceedings, OECD/NZ Conference “Combating failure at school” (p. 19). Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Nicholson, T. (1998). [Reviews of the books: Reasons for learning and Pragmatic development]. Issues in Education: Contributions from Educational Psychology.

Nicholson, T. (1998). Introduction to developmental psychology. [Set of 7 videos]. Auckland: University of Auckland Television Unit.

Nicholson, T. (1997). Closing the gap on reading failure: Social background, phonemic awareness and learning to read. In B. Blachman (Ed.), Foundations of reading acquisition and dyslexia (pp. 381-407). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Nicholson, T. (1997). Social class and reading achievement: Sociology meets psychology. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 32, 105-108.

Nicholson, T. (1997). From ABC to Ready to read. SET Special: Language and Literacy. (Article 2).

Nicholson, T. (1997, August 20). Why can’t every child learn to read? (Contributed article). New Zealand Education Review, p. 8.

Tan, A., & Nicholson, T. (1997). Flashcards revisited: Training poor readers to read words faster improves their comprehension of text. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89. 276-288.

Nicholson, T. (1996). Can the poor get richer? Report to New Zealand Business Roundtable, Wellington.

Nicholson, T. (1996). Historical and current perspectives on reading. [Video]. (Available from Language Arts Foundation of America, P.O. Box 895, Haskell, Oklahoma 74436, U.S.A.)

Nicholson, T. (1996). The great debate: Recent research on reading. Nga Kete Korero, No. 4-5, pp. 12-17.

Nicholson, T. (1995). More news on rich and poor schools, and the news is still not good. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 30, 227-228.

Nicholson, T., & Gallienne, G. (1995). Struggletown versus Middletown: A comparison of reading achievement among pupils from different social classes. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 30, 15-24.

Castle, J.M., Riach, J., & Nicholson, T. (1994). Getting off to a better start in reading and spelling: The effects of phonemic awareness instruction within a whole language program. Journal of Educational Psychology, 86 , 350-359.

Nicholson, T. (1994). Focus on researchers. In D.M. McInerney & V. McInerney (Eds.), Educational psychology: Constructing learning (pp. 229-230). Sydney: Prentice Hall.

Nicholson, T. (1994). The best in the world? [Letter to the Editor]. Metro, p.21.

Nicholson, T. (1994). Whole language debate continues. [Letter to the Editor]. The Reading Teacher, 47, 598-599.

Tan, A., Moore, D.W., Dixon, R.S., & Nicholson, T. (1994). Effects of training in rapid decoding on the reading comprehension of adult ESL learners. Journal of Behavioral Education, 4, 177-189.

Nicholson, T. (1993). The case against context. In G.B. Thompson, W.E. Tunmer, & T. Nicholson (Eds), Reading acquisition processes (pp. 91-104). Clevedon, England; Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters.

Nicholson, T. (1993). Reading without context. In G.B. Thompson, W.E. Tunmer, & T. Nicholson (Eds.), Reading acquisition processes (pp. 105-122). Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.

Nicholson, T. (1993, November) Our illiteracy [Letter to the editor]. North and South, pp.38-39.

Nicholson, T., & Gallienne, G. (1993). A comparison survey of reading achievement in South and East Auckland secondary schools. Research affiliate report to Ministry of Education, Wellington.

Nicholson, T., & Whyte,B. (1992). Matthew effects in learning new words while listening to stories. In C.K. Kinzer & D.J. Leu (Eds.), Literacy research, theory and practice: Views from many perspectives (pp. 499-503). Chicago, IL: National Reading Conference.

Nicholson, T. (1992). Historical and current perspectives on reading. In C.J. Gordon, G.D. Labercane, & W.R. McEachern (Eds.), Elementary reading: Process and practice (pp. 84-95). New York: Ginn.

Nicholson, T. (1992). Reading wars: A brief history and an update. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 39, 173-184.

Nicholson, T. (1992). I'm real good at skating: Matthew effects and adult literacy. Adult Reading Assistance News, No.38, 2-4.

Nicholson, T. (1992). [Review of Acquisition of reading in Dutch]. Language and Education, 6, 71-73.

Nicholson, T. (1992). The reading process (Revised course). Palmerston North: Advanced Studies for Teachers Unit, Palmerston North College of Education. (6 Study Guides).

Nicholson, T. (1991) Do children read words better in context or in lists? A classic study revisited. Journal of Educational Psychology, 83, 444-450.

Nicholson, T., Bailey, J., & McArthur, J. (1991). Context cues in reading: The gap between research and popular opinion. Journal of Reading, Writing and Learning Disabilities, 7, 33-42

Nicholson, T. (1989). Using the CIPP model to evaluate reading instruction. Journal of Reading, 32, 312-318.

Nicholson, T. (1989). Research revisited: A study of reading and learning in the secondary school classroom. Language and Education, 3, 1-11

Nicholson, T. (1989). Research note: A comment on Reading Recovery. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 24, 111-113.

Nicholson, T., Lillas, C., & Rzoska, M.A. (1988). Have we been misled by miscues? The Reading Teacher, 42, 6-10.

Nicholson, T. (1988). Using the CIPP model to improve reading and learning in the high school classroom. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 23, 87-99.

Nicholson, T. (1987). A response to Ken Goodman. Reading Forum: New Zealand, 2, 4.

Nicholson, T. (1986). Reading is not a guessing game: The great debate revisited. Reading Psychology, 7, 197-210.

Nicholson, T. (1986). Reading without guesswork. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 2, Article14.

Nicholson, T. (1986). A national survey of teacher opinion on reading difficulties in secondary schools. Report to Department of Education, Wellington.

Nicholson, T., & Hill, D. (1985). Good readers don't guess: Taking another look at the issue of whether children read words better in context or in isolation. Reading Psychology, 6, 181-198.

Nicholson, T. (1984). Experts and novices: A study of reading in the high school classroom. Reading Research Quarterly, 19, 436-458

Nicholson, T. (1984). You get lost when you gotta watch the damn words: The slow progress reader in the junior high school. Topics in Learning and Learning Disabilities, 3, 16-30.

Nicholson, T. (1984). The confusing world of high school reading. Australian Journal of Reading, 7, 115-124.

Nicholson, T. (1984). Computers, dinosaurs and learning to read. In Reading towards tomorrow (pp. 14-26). Wanganui: New Zealand Reading Association.

Nicholson, T. (1984). New insights into the reading process. Primary Education, 15, 9-12.

Nicholson, T. (1984). The confusing world of high school reading: How the teacher can see. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 2, Article 6.

Nicholson, T. (1983). "You get lost when you gotta blimmin watch the damn words. In B. Gillham (Ed.), Reading through the curriculum (pp. 62-71). London: Heinemann.

Nicholson, T. (1983). A critique of Edward Thorndike's "Reading as reasoning". In L.M. Gentile, M.L. Kamil, & J.S. Blanchard (Eds.), Reading research revisited (pp. 217-227). Columbus, OH: Merrill.

Nicholson, T. (1983, March 19) [Review of Observing young readers]. The Listener.

Nicholson, T. (1983). The reading process. Wellington: Advanced Studies for Teachers Unit, Department of Education. (6 Study Guides).

Nicholson, T. (1982). An assessment of the effects of different error types on understanding of connected discourse. In W. T. Fagan, C.R. Cooper, & J. M. Jensen (Eds.), Measures for research and evaluation in the English language arts (Vol.2). Urbana, IL: ERIC Clearing House on Reading and Communication Skills.

Nicholson, T., Edwards, F., & Hill, S. (1982). A study of reading and learning in the junior secondary school. Commissioned final report and working papers. Wellington: Department of Education, pp. 1-400.

Mitchell, D.R., & Nicholson, T. (1981). Reading problems in New Zealand. In L. Tarnapol & M. Tarnapol (Eds.), Reading disabilities: An international perspective (Vol. 2, pp. 417-432). Lexington, MA: Heath.

Nicholson, T., & Imlach, R. (1981). Where do their answers come from? A study of the inferences children make when answering questions about stories. Journal of Reading Behavior, 19, 436-451.

Nicholson, T. (1981). Why we need to talk to parents about reading. The Reading Teacher, 34, 19-21.

Nicholson, T. (1980). Reading. In Research and education in New Zealand: State of the art (pp. 299-314). Palmerston North: New Zealand Association for Research in Education, and Delta.

Nicholson, T. (1980). An evaluation study of the radio series "On the way to reading". Commissioned final report. Wellington, NZ: Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand, pp. 1-123.

Nicholson, T. (1980). [Review of Reading appraisal guide]. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 15, 204-206.

Nicholson, T. (1980). [Review of Reading and Teaching reading in secondary school content subjects]. Education, 29, 40-41.

Nicholson, T., Pearson, P.D., & Dykstra, R. (1979). The effects of embedded anomalies and oral reading on children's understanding of stories. Journal of Reading Behavior, 11, 339-354.

Nicholson, T., & Schachter, W. S. (1979). Spelling theory and teaching practice: Putting them back together again. Language Arts, 56, 804-810.

Nicholson, T. (1979). Teaching reading in the 21st century. In P.D. Ramsay (Ed.), Curriculum issues in New Zealand (pp. 224-236). Wellington: New Zealand Educational Institute.

Nicholson, T. (1979). Putting the answer before the question. Set: Research Information for Teachers, No.2, Item 4.

Nicholson, T. (1979). Teacher training in reading in New Zealand. South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 7, 116-119.

Nicholson, T. (1979). The squeaky R: Reading. In D. Drummond & E. Wignell (Eds.), Reading: A sourcebook (pp. ix-xiii). Melbourne: Primary Education.

Nicholson, T., Pearson, P.D., & Dykstra, R. (1979). The effects of embedded anomalies and oral reading on children's understanding of stories. (Tech. Rep. No. 52). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for the Study of Reading.

Nicholson, T. (1979). [Review of Reading: Suggestions for teaching children with reading difficulties.] Education, 28, 27.

Nicholson, T. (1978). The relative effects of different error types on children's understanding of connected discourse (Abstracted report), Reading Research Quarterly, 14, 259-264.

Pearson, P.D., & Nicholson, T.W. (1976). Scripts, texts and questions. Paper presented at National Reading Conference, Atlanta, December.

Nicholson, T. (1974). Reading attainment in schools. In Problems, practices, and perspectives in the teaching of reading. Adelaide: Research & Planning, Education Department of south Australia.

Nicholson, T. (1974). A review of research on the Doman-Delacato patterning method. Adelaide: Research & Planning, Education Department of South Australia.

Reprinted publications

Nicholson, T. (1997). Pride and prejudice: Reading in New Zealand. Canterbury’s Digest, Spring issue, 9-10. (Reprinted from J. Biddulph (Ed.), Language/literacy education: Diversity and challenge (pp. 19-22; 26-32). Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Teacher Education.)

Nicholson, T. (1997). From ABC to Ready to Read: Perspectives on Reading. In Reading Online: The Electronic Journal of the International Reading Association (Reprint from Set Special: Language and Literacy, Article 2, 1997.)

Nicholson, T. (1997). The confusing world of high school reading. In Literacy learning in the classroom. Katonah, NY: R.C. Owen Publishing. (Reprint from Journal of Reading, USA, 1985)

Nicholson, T. (1994). Our illiteracy [Letter to the Editor]. Education Digest, 2, 124. (Reprint from North and South, 1993).

Nicholson, T., & Whyte, B. (1993). Matthew effects in learning new words while listening to stories. S.L.D. Bulletin, 6, 18-22. (Reprint from National Conference Yearbook, 1992)

Nicholson, T. (!993). I'm real good at skating: Matthew effects and adult literacy. S.L.D. Bulletin, 6, 23-25. (Reprint from Adult Reading Assistance Newsletter, 1992)

Nicholson, T. (1989). Using the CIPP model to evaluate reading instruction. English in Aotearoa, No. 10, 28-34. (Reprint from Journal of Reading, 1989.)

Nicholson, T. (1987). “Good readers don't guess.” and “Reading without guesswork.” Resources Bulletin, No. 38, 27-36. (Reprints from Set, 1986)

Nicholson, T. (1986). Good readers don't guess Reading Forum, 2, 24-27. (Reprint from Set, 1986.)

Nicholson, T. (1986). Good readers don't guess. Set: Research Information for Teachers, No.2, Article 13. (Reprint from Reading Psychology.)

Nicholson, T. (1986). Reading is not a guessing game: The great debate revisited. Reading-Canada-Lecture, 4, 239-246. (Reprint from Reading Psychology.)

Nicholson, T. (1985). Putting the answer before the question. Best of Set: Reading, Article 9. (Reprint from Set, 1979, NZ)

Nicholson, T. (1985). The confusing world of high school reading (Parts 1 and 2). Journal of Reading, 28, 514-527. (Reprint from Set, 1984.)

Nicholson, T. (1985). The confusing world of high school reading (Parts 1 and 2). Best of Set: Reading, Articles 7 and 8. (Reprint from Set, 1984.)

Nicholson, T. (1984). The confusing world of high school reading: What the teacher doesn't see. Set: Research Information for Teachers, No. 2, Article 5 (Reprint from Australian Journal of Reading)

Nicholson, T., & Schachter, S.W. (1982). Spelling theory and teaching practice: Putting them back together again. In W. Barbe, A.S. Francis, & L. A. Braun (Eds.), Spelling: Basic skills for effective communication (pp. 217-221). Columbus, OH: Zaner-Bloser. (Reprint from Language Arts, 1979)

Nicholson, T. (1982). Why we need to talk to parents about reading. In D. Olson (Ed.), Inventory of marriage and family literature (Vol.7). Beverley Hills, CA: Sage. (Reprint from The Reading Teacher, 1981.)

Nicholson, T. (1973). An anatomy of reading (1st ed.) Reprinted in 1977 by Carrolls publishers, Perth.

Part G – Research Presentations at Conferences – since 1990

Over 60 International and national conference presentations since 1990 (see below)

2010

International

• Invited presentation, Reading Hall of Fame, International Reading Association Conference, Chicago, May, 2010

• Interactive presentation, International Reading Association Conference, Chicago, May 2010

National

• Invited presentation, Educational Psychology Conference, Christchurch, October, 2010

• Invited presentation, New Zealand Association for Educational research, Auckland, December 2010

• Invited presentation, keynote speaker and workshop presenter, Literacy for Every Student Conference, Auckland, September 2010 - pdseminars.co.nz

2009

International

• Interactive presentation, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, June, 2009

National

• Keynote Speaker, June 2009, SPELD, National Conference, Taranaki

• Invited presentation at Teacher Development Conference, Otumoetai Intermediate School, Tauranga, 29 May 2009

• Symposium speaker, IARLD Conference (International Association for research on Learning Difficulties) , 15-17 January 2009, Wellington

• Invited speaker, Dyslexia Conference, Massey University, Wellington Campus, 12-13 January 2009

• Invited presentation, Learning Difficulties Australia National Confernece, Brisbane, September, 2010

• Invited panel member, Learning Difficulties Australia Conference on “Effective reading instruction for all: National and international perspectives”, Camberwell, Melbourne, 23 September, 2009

• September 30 – Reflections discussion on United Nations document – International professorial panel – University of Canterbury, Christchurch

• October 2 – Keynote presentation – Literacy for All Conference – University of Canterbury, Christchurch

2008

Conferences 2008

International

• Invited keynote speaker. Israeli Language and Literacy Association. Bar Ilam University, Tel Aviv. 12 May 2008

• Workshop on teaching reading comprehension (with Sue Dymock). International Reading Association Conference, Atlanta. 2-8 May 2008.

National

• Invited speaker. College of Education Research Forum, 4 September, 2008. The mission of the Centre of Excellence for Research on Children’s Literacy.

• Symposium Organiser and Presenter. New Zealand Association for Research in Education, November 2008. Topic: Recent research in literacy by Massey researchers and students Invited speaker.

• Te Toi Tauira mo te Matariki. Changing dimensions of tertiary institutions. Auckland, Manukau Institute of Technology. 8-10 October 2008.

• Invited speaker for two sessions. Educational Psychology Forum. 11-12 September 2008. Hosted by Faculty of Education, the University of Auckland. Topics: a) Reading b) Children and social acceptance

• Invited keynote speaker. SPELD Lower Hutt Regional Day. 6 September 2008. Topic: dyslexia and the work of the Massey University Reading Clinic

• Invited speaker - 28-30 July 2008. Nga Maata Waka 21st Century Education Wananga, Nga Hau E Wha Marae, Aranui, Christchurch

• Invited panel speaker. June 2008. Literacy Aotearoa National Conference, Wellington

• Invited speaker. Professional development seminars. 19 June 2008. Topic – The phonological approach to teaching reading. Rockford Centre. The University of Auckland

• Invited keynote speaker. Waipareira Education Summit, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland. 18 April 2008. Topic – How to make Maori children the best readers in the world by 2018.

• Invited keynote speaker. New Zealand Special Education Association - Canterbury. 11 April 2008. College of Education, University of Canterbury. Topic- Dyslexia and reading comprehension.

• Invited speaker. Professional development seminars. 4 April 2008. Topic – Reading comprehension. Rockford Centre. Faculty of Education. The University of Auckland

2007

• Supplementary Learning Support Teachers Conference, January, Auckland. Invited.

• First Reading and Writing Conference, University of Stavanger, Norway, September. The first year of school – language and literacy development. Invited. This paper was reported in NZ Herald, World TV, and National Radio.

• New Zealand Reading Association Conference, New Plymouth, September. a) Workshop on the links between phonics and shared book reading. Co-author Laura Tse. b) A correlation comparison of PROBE and Neale Tests of reading. Co-author Alicia Ritter.

• Australian Corrections Education Conference, Melbourne, October. Links between reading progress and behavior problems. Co-author Sarah McGregor.

2006

• Society for Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, July. Motivational Matthew effects in reading.

• International reading Association, Chicago, July. Pressing issues in reading research in New Zealand. Invited

• New Zealand Reading Conference, Paihia, September. Teaching the phonological reading approach: A workshop.

• Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December. The Nelson inquiry into Reading. (Panel presentation)

2005

Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney. Reading problems and conduct disorder.

New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Dunedin. A longitudinal study of the effects of after-school reading tuition.

New Zealand Reading Association Conference, Invercargill. Workshop on the phonological approach to reading.

Conference on Emotional and Behavioural Disorders, Wellington. Links between reading behaviours and problem behaviours. Invited.

2004

Society for Scientific Study of Reading, Amsterdam, July. The effects of an after-school reading program.

Australian Literacy Educators Conference, Sydney, July. The phonological approach. What it is. How to teach it.

International Reading Association, Reno Nevada, May. Workshop on the teaching of reading comprehension.

2003

New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Auckland, December. Attitudes to reading: A longitudinal study.

2002

Canadian Universities Literacy Network Conference, Prince Edward Island, February 2002

Dyslexia Conference, Hawaii, June 2002. Risk factors in learning to read, and what to do about them.

2001

NATO Institute research conference on reading acquisition in different orthographies, Il Ciocco,Tuscany, Italy, November 5-16, 2001. Teaching phonics to ESL preschoolers (with Giok Lian Ng).

Principals Centre Seminar, The University of Auckland, September 12, The Reading Debate

Inaugural professorial lecture, Conference Centre, September 19, The University of Auckland. The reading debate of the 1990s: Academics taking a stand.

2000

Successful Learning Conference, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, June 26-28. Reading comprehension

Australian Literacy Educators Conference, Melbourne High School, Melbourne, July 6-7. Literacy for some: A 5-year longitudinal study of at-risk readers

Literacy Research Seminar, LaTrobe University, July 7-8. Teaching phonemic discrimination to poor readers.

(Co-author, I-Ching Lee)

Policy, Research and Practice, Ministry of Education Sponsored Seminar, Park Regency, Auckland, July 10. What makes for a better start in literacy? The results of a 5-year study

(Co-authors, Sheryll McIntosh and Fiona Grant)

World Reading Congress, Auckland, July 11-14. The effects of phonemic awareness and letter-sound training on the reading development of Singaporean preschool children learning to read English as a second language (Co-author: Giok Lian Ng)

Otara Principals Association Conference, September 13. Closing the gaps in literacy

Montessori Education National Conference, Wellington, September 29. Phonemic awareness research

Central Hawkes Bay Principals Association. Waipukurau, Napier, 12-13 October. Teaching reading comprehension

1999

Nicholson, T. (1999, June). Phonological awareness. Keynote paper presented to SPELD annual conference, Napier.

Nicholson, T. (1999, August). Reading. Keynote paper for Special Education Seminar (Canterbury), Christchurch.

Nicholson, T. (1999, August). Helping children who do not recover in Reading Recovery. Presentation to RTLB teachers, Auckland. Grey Lynn School.

Nicholson, T. (1999, September). Panel presentation on the “reading debate”. New Zealand Reading Association annual conference, Dunedin.

Nicholson, T. (1999, September). A longitudinal study of children’s reading and writing development in schools in low- and middle-income areas. Australian Special Education Conference, Sydney.

Nicholson, T. (1999, November). The missing “sound” foundation in New Zealand teacher education. Psycholinguistics symposium. NZ Linguistics Association Conference, Massey University.

1998

Nicholson, T. (February). Improving schools. OECD/NZ Conference on Failing Schools. Christchurch.

Nicholson, T. (April). The First Grade Studies Revisited. American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Nicholson, T. (July) Reading: Tasting the text. NZ Association of Teachers of English, Napier (3 workshops).

Nicholson, T. (September) Why the reading debate will not go away. Keynote speaker, NZ Reading Association National Conference, Hamilton.

Nicholson, T. (November). Reading: The hidden curriculum of the secondary school. Aranui High School Staff Development Day (Invited speaker), Christchurch.

1997

Nicholson, T., & DeLemos, M. (December) Whole language goes up, reading standards go down. True or not? Australian Association for Educational Research Conference, Brisbane.

Nicholson, T. (September) Prospects for a Cooperative First Grade Studies II Project. Special Forum. City University of New York Graduate School, New York City, USA. (USA)

Nicholson, T. (August). Teaching poor readers to read faster improves their reading comprehension. 7th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Athens, Greece.

Nicholson, T. (August). Does phonemic awareness training improve the literacy skills of children from low-income backgrounds? 7th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Athens, Greece.

Nicholson, T. (August). Reading Research. Invited Symposium. Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Nicholson, T. (July). Pride and prejudice: Reading in New Zealand. Invited paper for Language/Literacy Teacher Education Conference, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Nicholson, T. (July). Recent research on reading and spelling. Invited paper for Reading on Track Conference, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

1996

Nicholson, T. (June).Challenge, choice, change: Recent research on learning to read and spell. Keynote paper presented at Adult Reading and Learning Assistance Federation Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Nicholson, T. (June). The literacy debate. New Zealand Principals Association Conference, Nelson (Workshops).

Nicholson, T. (February). Learning to read: An historical perspective. Invited paper presented at meeting on Direct Instruction, sponsored by Language Arts Foundation of America, Oklahoma City.

1995

Nicholson, T. (December). The Struggletown project. Paper presented at meeting of the New Zealand Association for Educational Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Nicholson, T. (June) Closing the gap on reading failure. Invited paper, Extraordinary Brain III Conference, sponsored by National Dyslexia Foundation, Kauaii

1994

Nicholson, T., Castle, J.M., & Riach, J. (July). Getting off to a head start in reading and spelling: Effects of phonemic awareness training within a whole language program. Paper presented at World Congress on Reading, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nicholson, T. (April). Reading achievement in high and low income areas of Auckland. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, New Orleans, Louisiana

Nicholson, T. (April). After the fall of Janet and John: An analysis of the recent literacy debate in New Zealand. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana

1993

Nicholson, T. & Gallienne, G. (December). Reading in Struggletown. New Zealand Association for Research in Education Conference, Hamilton

Nicholson, T., Adair, V., Boyd, A., & McArthur, B. (December) Children's friendships and imaginary friends. Paper presented at the meeting of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Hamilton, New Zealand.

1992

Nicholson, T. (July) The case against context. Paper presented at the World Congress on Reading, Maui.

1991

Nicholson, T., & Whyte, B. (December) Matthew effects in learning new words while listening to stories. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Reading Conference, Palm Springs, California

1990

Nicholson, T. (December) Do children read words better in context or in lists? Paper presented at the meeting of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Auckland.

Part H - Other – a selection of recent media outputs

2009

Tom Nicholson is New Zealand’s third member of the Reading Hall of Fame, Reading Forum NZ, 24(2), 2009, p. 29

Raising a reader by Annemarie Quill in Bright Start magazine, September 2009, pp. 6-9.

Reading fame. NZ Education Review, April 24, 2009, p. 13

Reading programme a real page turner. The Education Weekly, 16 March 2009, p. 1

Reading programme starts. North Shore times, February 24, 2009

School embraces learning by cell phone. New Zealand Herald, September 23, 2009

Schooling by skype to help struggling readers. Voxy.co.nz

Schooling by skype to help struggling readers. Massey News, September 3, 2009 (and in Scoop.co.nz)

Massey tries schooling by skype. September 2, 2009, Yahoo!Xtra News

New Zealand: Schooling by Skype to help struggling readers. Australian Council of State School Organisations International News Roundup, September 2, 2009

2008

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Expert appeals for return to phonetics. The New Zealand Herald, April 18.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).First books nurture love of reading. Auckland City Harbour News, April 23.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Friendship not popularity keeps pupils happy. Massey News, March 10.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Grammar knows best. Otago Daily Times, March 29.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Interview on summer schools. WTV, Sept 16.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Lonely kids not the only ones with imaginary friends. Campbell Live, 19 March.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).New book blows Finn away. Central Leader, April 23.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Reading tips to develop literacy. Kapi Mana News, April 22.

Nicholson, T. W. (2008).Relax and read this summer. Kapi Mana News, January 15.

2007

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Educators call for change. Massey News.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Flunking rate higher with too much TV. The Dominion Post, May 31.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Research helping kids get up to speed. The Manukau Courier, February 5.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Soundings. Massey Research.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Summer School. Campbell Live.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Summer school plan to close literacy. The New Zealand Herald.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Teacher who rescued 'failures'. The Dominion Post, December 13.

Nicholson, T. W. (2007).Tricks of the reading trade. Weekend Herald, January 27.

Other, Professional / Community

Nicholson, T. W. (2007). Decoding dyslexia. Screened on TV1, Television New Zealand.

Oral Presentation - Professional / Community, Professional / Community

Irwin, M. R., Nicholson, T. W. (2007). Boys and reading. Presented to: Professional Development seminars, Auckland, NZ, June 14.

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