Scope and Sequence: What Is It, and How Do Educators Use It to Guide Instruction?
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Posted on: March 21, 2023
Learn how to gain an understanding of whether a literacy program provides systematic and thorough instruction for all students.
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Posted on: March 21, 2023
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Daily Book Study for Teens
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Posted on: November 12, 2019
Essential principles of study design lead to generalizable results for a wide reach of students.
Effective Literacy Lesson: Understanding Compound Words Through Their Two Word Parts
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Posted on: October 22, 2019
Teach students to read and understand a compound word by identifying the two words that make it.