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- Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: How [not] to create a Dyslexia Friendly Classroom
- Replies: 0
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How [not] to create a Dyslexia Friendly Classroom
Oh dear, I've just been sent this link How to create a Dyslexia Friendly Classroom http://blog.specialdirect.com/2014/05/23/how-to-create-a-dyslexia-friendly-classroom/ Count the number of pointless strategies including: learning styles alphabet arcs key sight-word cards drinking water! coloured pap...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:54 pm
- Forum: Research and Recommended Reading
- Topic: *ESSENTIAL READING: Behavioural Interventions to Remediate Learning Disorders: A Technical Report
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18119
*ESSENTIAL READING: Behavioural Interventions to Remediate Learning Disorders: A Technical Report
Behavioural Interventions to Remediate Learning Disorders: A Technical Report The following interventions are covered in this recent report from New Zealand. Arrowsmith Programme Brain Gym Cellfield Cogmed Working Memory Training Coloured Overlays and Lenses (including those from Irlen and The Inst...
- Fri May 29, 2015 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Phonics Blog: How children are short-changed by watered-down phonics
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9543
Phonics Blog: How children are short-changed by watered-down phonics
Mike Lloyd-Jones has written a new blog post. It's horribly accurate in its description of what passes for phonics teaching in the majority of schools in England today. Phonics and the Art of Bonsai: How children are short-changed by watered-down phonics http://www.phonicsblog.co.uk/#/blog/456577075...
- Sun May 24, 2015 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 2014 Reading Recovery study- can we believe the results?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58975
Re: 2014 Reading Recovery study- can we believe the results?
Renowned educational bloggers, Greg Ashman and 'Horatio Speaks', have also recently written about the Reading Recovery research: Is Reading Recovery like Stone Soup? https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/is-reading-recovery-like-stone-soup/ Researchers from the Universities of Delaware and Pen...
- Sun May 24, 2015 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 2014 Reading Recovery study- can we believe the results?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 58975
2014 Reading Recovery study- can we believe the results?
I was alerted to this* 2014 Reading Recovery (RR) study by a tweet from Prof. Dan Willingham V. positive effects (d = .69) of Reading Recovery: 1st results from huge trial *Year One Results from the Multisite Randomized Evaluation of the i3 Scale-Up of Reading Recovery American Educational Research ...