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You Can't Be Just a Little Science of Reading
Season 19 Episode 17
If you are going to embrace the science of reading, you can’t be just a little bit SOR. You can’t be partial SOR, or somewhat SOR. You can’t be semi-…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Basics of Science and Reading Science
Season 19 Episode 16
In order to understand the science of reading, and how this term is misused, we must first get a better handle on science. I will cover some of the b…
3 years ago
The Science of Reading or the Ideology of Reading?
Season 19 Episode 15
Despite having the word “science” in their title, the ideas put forth by the Science of Reading are not grounded in science at all, but in pseudo-sci…
3 years ago
How Science Works: Reading Science, Reading Research, and Reading Theories
Season 19 Episode 14
This podcast explains what reading science is, how data collected from research studies are used to create theory, how theories are used to inform pr…
3 years ago
The Science of Reading, Phonics, and the National Reading Panel Report
Season 19 Episode 13
In this podcast, I offer a definition of reading science that I got from an article written by Tim Shanahan. And since the Science of Reading clown …
3 years ago
A Comprehensive Literacy Program and the Science of Reading
Season 19 Episode 12
Comprehension means total or complete. In defining comprehensive reading instruction, I will rely heavily on data from the NRP report. I would enco…
3 years ago
LACK OF PROFESSIONAL RESPECT LEADS TO TEACHER SHORTAGES
Season 19 Episode 11
A variety of research studies conducted over the years have shown that of all the variables impacting the quality of teaching and the amount of learn…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Pseudo-Science of Reading and Space Alien Gravity Theory
Season 19 Episode 10
The essence of science is this: you ask a question and then collect data to answer that question. That is science. It’s a process. It’s a verb. T…
3 years, 1 month ago
Science of Reading Advocates are Teaching Children to Guess at Words!!!!
Season 19 Episode 9
Tim Shanahan, Louisa Moats, Linnea Ehri, Wilson Reading Systems, Orton-Gillingham profiteers, SOR advocates, the International Dyslexia Association, …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Importance of Art in the Language Arts
Season 19 Episode 8
The language arts is the study of grammar, punctuation, composition, spelling, and speech that’s usually taught as a single subject in elementary and…
3 years, 1 month ago