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Category Archives: reading
Ingvar Lundberg: 1934-2012
From JohnL over on LD Blog. Ingvar Lundberg—an internationally renowned psychologist who studied the psychology and pedagogy of reading and writing, learning disabilities such as dyslexia and dyscalculia, and problems in language development—died 23 April 2012. He was 77 years … Continue reading
Free DI reading program downloads!
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. As noted in a post a couple of weeks ago (“Free Funnix returns!”), the folks at Royal Limited Partnership are giving away free copies of Funnix, a beginning reading program. Funnix is a sequence … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, News, reading, Technology
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Free Funnix returns!
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Loyal readers of TE will recall that the folks at Royal Limited Partnership gave away copies of the Funnix Beginning Reading program in 2011. Welp, it’s going to happen again! Yes indeedy! Quoting from … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Direct Instruction, effectiveness, evidence-based, evidence-based education, literacy, News, Primary, reading, teachers, teaching, Technology, The press
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Free gift from Education Consumers Foundation!
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Isn’t it unusual to get something for free that is actually worth a lot? The good folks over at Education Consumers Foundation (ECF) are giving away a small book that is quite valuable, and … Continue reading
Posted in achievement, Administration, arithmetic, Arithmetic and mathematics, Assessment, Behavior management, Bookshelf, Content learning, Direct Instruction, Early Childhood, effectiveness, efficacy, Elementary, evidence, evidence-based education, literacy, logic, mathematics, News, policy, preschool, Primary, Professional development, Public policy, reading, reason, reforms, Research, secondary, Special Education, spelling, standards, teacher education, teachers, teaching, The press, Written Expression
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Click to Read – Aimee Solutions #spedchat #spedtech
From Patrick Black over on Teaching All Students. I have written before about Aimee Solutions and love all the products they have offered. While they continue to offer their Take and Teach Language kits, they are adding more to their catalog. … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, life skills, literacy, reading, science
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Assessing Reading Skills of Students with Special Needs @kmkenny89 #sped #spedchat
From Jeremy over on Teaching All Students. This is a guest post by Kaylyn Kenny (@kmkenny89). Kaylyn is a student at Illinois State University who is majoring in special education. I recently “met” Kaylyn on Twitter during this week’s #spedchat, which … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Guest Posts, literacy, preservice, reading
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Something odd going on?
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. As a parent of a child with reading problems, what would you think if a nearby college or university offered a special summer reading program that sounded especially promising? What if you went to … Continue reading
Teaching spelling promotes general literacy
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. In “Using Encoding Instruction to Improve the Reading and SpellingPerformances of Elementary Students At Risk for Literacy Difficulties: A Best-Evidence Synthesis,” professsors Beverly Weiser and Patricia Mathes of Southern Methodist University reviewed of studies … Continue reading
Posted in achievement, effectiveness, efficacy, evidence, evidence-based, literacy, News, reading, Research, spelling, teaching, The press
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University of Iowa, Associate or Full Professor, Reading Education
From jhosp over on SpedPro. The University of Iowa Department of Teaching and Learning Associate Professor or Professor, Reading Education Academic year appointment to begin August 2011 Position The Department of Teaching and Learning at The University of Iowa seeks … Continue reading
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