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- Tue May 29, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Is rhyme an important phonological skill? What is the evidence on its impact on reading acquisition?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16761
Re: Is rhyme an important phonological skill? What is the evidence on its impact on reading acquisition?
Here are the results of Usha Goswami's GraphoGame_Rime study, part funded by the EEF https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/Evaluation_Reports/GraphoGame_Rime.pdf ''The evidence from our impact evaluation suggests the GraphoGame Rime intervention had no impact on pupils’ r...
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:45 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Have the phonics check results plateaued?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10791
Have the phonics check results plateaued?
This week the 2017 PSC national results were unofficially announced on twitter and @jpembroke tweeted: Phonics results: based on early national from @PerspectiveEdu, when rounded same as 2016 (81%). Plateau? Back in February 2016, on this IFERI thread http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewtopic.php?f...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Nick Gibb, champion of Systematic Synthetic Phonics in England
- Replies: 38
- Views: 554818
Re: Nick Gibb, champion of Systematic Synthetic Phonics in England
The Australian reported on Nick Gibb's speech The Reading Wars are a decades-old battle of ideas about how children should be taught to read: synthetic phonics, which involves using letter and sound relationships, versus whole language, which emphasises other skills instead of sounding words. Dr Buc...
- Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:04 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
- Replies: 34
- Views: 102535
Re: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
Thrass programme developer Alan Davies stated in a press release (Jan 08): (T)here is no need to look for a new model of early reading to replace the ‘Searchlights’ model...It is wrong to believe that synthetic phonics is the ‘best route to becoming skilled readers’, as stated in Jim’s report'... 'P...
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:10 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
- Replies: 34
- Views: 102535
Re: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
Excellent editorial today in The Australian re. the possible introduction of the PSC http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/you-wouldnt-read-about-it/news-story/363a52d751a7b856a3ae11ad5bd120e4 Australia is being urged to adopt a successful British test of phonics for early reading at sc...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
- Replies: 34
- Views: 102535
Re: Dr Jennifer Buckingham: Focus on Phonics - a report recommending use of an annual phonics check
Australian Financial Review: http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/australia-needs-a-phonics-check-for-young-school-kids-like-the-one-which-has-worked-in-the-uk-20161123-gsvl7x Simon Birmingham backs phonics check for all year 1 children Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham has seized on a...
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Why is SSP teaching still not having an impact in some schools?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9109
Re: Why is SSP teaching still not having an impact in many schools?
In this post John Walker explains why the check has yet to have an impact on pupils attainment in the KS2 SATs. http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/phonics-across-curriculum.html However, all of this this doesn’t answer the complaint that the phonics deniers make when they claim that phonics ...
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:33 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Why is SSP teaching still not having an impact in some schools?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9109
Why is SSP teaching still not having an impact in some schools?
This week David Didau wrote a blog post that created a lot of comments. One of those comments was from a teacher, Jacqui MB, in response to a question from Michael Rosen. David Didau's post: Do we teach children to love reading? Part 2 http://www.learningspy.co.uk/reading/teach-children-love-reading...
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Reading difficulties of older learners
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8198
Re: Reading difficulties of older learners
Sound Reading System author and trainer Fiona Nevola has also written about the contentious subject of introducing new grammar schools -and why she thinks it's a policy resulting from political panic from politicians who don't know what to do about the 'seemingly impossible to narrow' educational ac...
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Abi Steel: Joining-up phonics support
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6146
Abi Steel: Joining-up phonics support
IFERI committee member Abigail Steel has written this article for SEN Magazine Joining-up phonics support Abigail Steel provides five steps to improve phonics inclusivity in mainstream classrooms https://senmagazine.co.uk/home/uncategorised/joining-up-phonics-support On paper, everything that was in...