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Defining the Science of Reading
Season 23 Episode 28
When somebody askes you, “What’s the Science of Reading?” what do you say? Is it a process? Is it a set of strategies? An approach or method? A r…
11 months, 1 week ago
What Elephants Can Teach Us About Reading Instruction
Season 23 Episode 27
The really big point is this: It’s the semantic connections that are most important, not orthographic, graphemic, or phonemic connections. When you …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
What Elephants Can Teach Us About Reading Instruction
The really big point is this: It’s the semantic connections that are most important, not orthographic, graphemic, or phonemic connections. When you …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The 3 Q-ing Systems: What it Isn't and Is
Season 23 Episode 26
1. It’s not a strategy to teach students.
2. It’s not a pedagogical strategy that teachers use.
3. It doesn’t exclude phonics instruction.
4. It doesn’t…
1 year ago
Metaphysicial Perspectives
Season 23 Episode 25
In his book, Global Mind Change (1989), Willis Harman describes three views of reality which he calls metaphysical perspectives. Metaphysical here r…
1 year ago
Belief Systems and Mental Sets
Season 23 Episode 24
Why do we sometimes believe the unbelievable? Why is it our views are sometimes data-resistant? We like to think that reality determines our beliefs;…
1 year ago
Being and Becoming Responsible Consumers of Educational Research
Season 23 Episode 23
There’s a difference between (a) reading research related to reading instruction and (b) reading what others have said about research related to read…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Psycholinguistic Guessing Game
Season 23 Episode 22
This is what Ken Goodman wrote in 1967:
“Reading is a psycholinguistic guessing game. It involves an interaction between thought and langua…
1 year, 1 month ago
Whole Language and Evidence-Based Reading Instruction
Season 23 Episode 21
In 1967, Ken Goodman published an article in Reading Research Quarterly with the title` Reading: A Psycholinguistic Guessing Game (Goodman, 1967). H…
1 year, 1 month ago
Conversation with Claude Goldenberg
Season 23 Episode 20
This is a wonderful conversation that I had with Claude Goldenberg. He has different ideas about things but he is a delight to talk with.
1 year, 1 month ago