@DTWillingham@DTWillingham I'm thinking of things like working memory that might not be good targets for instruction / improvements -- I'd love to read about the sort of cognitive limitations we all work within.
Children don’t actually learn to read “by themselves.” They are usually from privileged environments where they typically benefit from rich verbal interactions with attentive caregivers, story-time, have minimal screen time and play with books or other printed materials. Many children don’t have those privileges and to base an educational system on those privileged few would create even bigger disparity between advantaged and disadvantaged families.
"We have to have Asclepius!" is not something I expected to hear from the back seat as my children debated pumpkin names. (Thanks, #GreekingOut, you're the very best podcast for kids. https://t.co/zzDhmzthHs)
My 7yo got a pumpkin on a school trip and named it Jason. My 9yo picked up on it and, when they got more pumpkins on the weekend, they named them after other Argonauts (https://t.co/fbQSzvfWzh).
... instructional practices, and education policy in particular. The references have been selected on the basis of their impact on reading education practices and education policy, their clarity, and their usefulness in representing multiple perspectives."
Preparing for a workshop, I came across this annotated bibliography on Reading Education: https://t.co/Dc7AZe7cip A little old now (2011), but still a great list for new grad students (and research-focused practitioners).
From the intro: "The citations included in this entry lead a user to works that provide a comprehensive examination of theoretical, conceptual, and scientific, cultural, and ideological perspectives relevant to fields of reading in general and that inform teacher preparation, ...
Just published meta-analysis (open access): Morphology instruction is effective for improving reading and spelling outcomes, and spelling effects can transfer to untrained words – but we still need to learn more about why it works and how best to teach it https://t.co/Jx3tuGWbMz
Click through for the takeaway thread -- or even better, read the paper! (Open access!) The one that jumped out at me: "the most anxious students are the ones who don't know how to learn."
Really important new study: what learning strategies do successful students use? Key points:
▶️ Techniques backed by cognitive research, like elaborative study and retrieval practice, are positively correlated with student achievement.
▶️ Despite the effectiveness of techniques like retrieval practice, they are among the least used. Rote learning remains common, possibly due to its effectiveness for short-term success in examinations.
▶️ Higher use of effective study strategies correlates with positive beliefs, such as self-efficacy and growth mindset.
All my reading peeps: what is a classic, conceptual paper on word reading that stands the test of time, that you think everyone learning about reading development should read? Not a data paper but a nice, juicy conceptual paper.