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Season 5 Episode 5
In this podcast I describe 11 attributes of what I believe to be teacher professionalism. They are based on the perspective I hold as a holistic edu…
5 years, 9 months ago
EMOTIONS, MOTIVATION, AND READING DISABILITIES
Season 5 Episode 4
Affect in education usually refer to emotions and motivation. Since these do not show up on test scores, to the educational bureaucracy, they do not…
5 years, 9 months ago
STANDARDIZED TESTS: YOU CAN'T TEACH A SNEETCH!
Season 5 Episode 3
Psychometricians, educational psychologists, and the companies that publish standardized have convinced people that learning can be quantified and th…
5 years, 10 months ago
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL MODELS OF READING
Season 5 Episode 2
Educational research is used to create the theories upon we design educational policies and practices are designed. Theories help to organize releva…
5 years, 10 months ago
HOW DO WE HANDLE DIFFERENCES IN THE FIELD OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION
Season 5 Episode 1
Some of the ideas about reading instruction that I have presented in various formats may be at odds with your previous ways of thinking about things.…
5 years, 10 months ago
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED READING RESEARCH: WHAT IS IT?
Season 4 Episode 10
We want reading instruction for all students to be based on “scientifically based research”. In RTI students are identified for special education ser…
5 years, 10 months ago
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH, READING INSTRUCTION, AND THE NATIONAL READING PANEL
Season 4 Episode 9
Federal guidelines related to IEPs for reading state that special education services (instruction and interventions), should be based on “peer-review…
5 years, 10 months ago
FONIX PHACS
Season 4 Episode 8
If the only tool you have is a hammer all the world becomes a nail. If the only tool you have to teach reading is phonics all the world becomes a pho…
5 years, 10 months ago
SHARED READING: A MULTILEVEL READING STRATEGY
Season 4 Episode 7
The purpose of a shared reading lesson is to enable the whole class to share insights or have a common discussion around a book or text. Here studen…
5 years, 10 months ago
DESIGNING EFFECTIVE WRITING PROMPTS FOR POST-READING ACTIVITIES
Season 4 Episode 6
There is both a science and an art to creating effective writing prompts for post-reading activities.
5 years, 10 months ago