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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…
6 years 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…
6 years 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.…
6 years 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…
6 years 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…
6 years 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…
6 years 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…
6 years, 1 month 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.
6 years, 1 month ago
READING INSTRUCTION IN SPECIAL ED WORLD: WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS
Season 4 Episode 5
This study examines four interconnecting elements within Special Ed World: (a) reading instruction, (b) data-resistant theoretical constructs, (c) pa…
6 years, 1 month ago
DYSLEXIA: MULTISENSORY INSTRUCTION
Season 3 Episode 11
.An individual Orton-Gillingham course costs over $2,000 and associate level training costs $4,000 plus $250 for materials. There are various levels …
6 years, 1 month ago