The Reading Instruction Show
di Dr. Andy Johnson
The Reading Instruction Show is a podcast about reading instruction (and other things) with a little bit of attitude. There is plenty here to inform and entertain all.
Episodi del podcast
Stagione 19
S19 E11 - LACK OF PROFESSIONAL RESPECT LEADS TO TEACHER SHORTAGES
A variety of research studies conducted over the years have shown that of all the variables impacting the quality of teaching and the amount of learning that goes on in the classroom, the most significant variable is . . . the te...
S19 E10 - The Pseudo-Science of Reading and Space Alien Gravity Theory
The essence of science is this: you ask a question and then collect data to answer that question. That is science. It’s a process. It’s a verb. To science. With science, the data can’t just be collected higgily-piggily. There...
S19 E09 - Science of Reading Advocates are Teaching Children to Guess at Words!!!!
Tim Shanahan, Louisa Moats, Linnea Ehri, Wilson Reading Systems, Orton-Gillingham profiteers, SOR advocates, the International Dyslexia Association, and other plucky little phonics penguins are advocating that we teach children to...
S19 E08 - The Importance of Art in the Language Arts
The language arts is the study of grammar, punctuation, composition, spelling, and speech that’s usually taught as a single subject in elementary and middle school. This chapter is not about this. I’m taking a bit of a different a...
S19 E07 - A Pramatic Way to Address Academic Standards for Writing
The impact of academic standards on students’ ability to write is questionable. Some believe that they impede more than enhance effective writing instruction. However, academic standards are part of our current educational...