Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Using Junk Mail to Practice English By: Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A. Posted on: March 30, 2021 Engage the family with activities that practice English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and more.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Selecting Texts for Standards-Aligned Practice By: Leah Zimmermann, M.Ed. Posted on: March 24, 2020 Three areas to consider when picking a text and a listing of websites with free texts to read.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Daily Book Study for Teens By: Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: March 20, 2020 Read a young adult novel with us and complete daily assignments to continue learning from home!
Effective Literacy Lesson: Improving Comprehension Through Story Mapping By: Leah Zimmermann, M.Ed. Posted on: February 25, 2020 Teach middle school students to use a story map graphic organizer when reading a literary text.
Technically Speaking: Understanding and Quantifying the Correlation of Two Reading Measures By: Laurentius Susadya, Ph.D.Adam Reeger, M.S.Ariel M. Aloe, Ph.D. Posted on: February 11, 2020 Correlation and its limitations are explained in easy-to-understand language.
Research Brief: Decontextualized Alphabetic Knowledge Instruction Produces Positive Results By: Anna Gibbs, M.Ed.Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: January 28, 2020 Findings suggest a systematic approach to teaching this prerequisite skill for decoding and writing.
Effective Literacy Lesson: Teaching Consonant Digraphs By: Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: January 14, 2020 This decoding skill helps students read, understand, and independently spell words.
Research Brief: Does It Matter When Students Read the Items on a Comprehension Assessment? By: Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: December 17, 2019 Researchers examined the common approach of having students read the questions before the text on a comprehension test to see how it impacted student performance compared to reading the questions after the text.
Using a Data-Driven Instructional Cycle to Improve Core Literacy Instruction in Middle School By: Iowa Reading Research Center Posted on: December 3, 2019 Learn about an instructional cycle that also involves coaching and planning next steps as a team in our Q&A with Cedar Rapids Schools’ administrators.
Technically Speaking: Why We Use Random Assignment in Reading Research By: Adam Reeger, M.S.Ariel M. Aloe, Ph.D. Posted on: November 19, 2019 Essential principles of study design lead to causal results showing effects on student outcomes.
Technically Speaking: Why We Use Random Sampling in Reading Research By: Adam Reeger, M.S.Ariel M. Aloe, Ph.D. Posted on: November 12, 2019 Essential principles of study design lead to generalizable results for a wide reach of students.