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- Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars
- Replies: 47
- Views: 18117
Re: The Reading Wars
It takes v. little time to produce programme specific tests - Dick has done them for some SP programmes and, of course, programme makers could construct them and RRF or government could recommend a psychometric specialist, working with an all- around SP specialist, like you, Jenny, and Elizabeth N. ...
- Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:17 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars
- Replies: 47
- Views: 18117
Re: The Reading Wars
E. I've had very similar experiences recently and it's been quite a sobering time especially when it's from friends in the Ed. business who are very supportive of what I've been doing. It's incredibly hard to get the balance and the tone right. Most children can learn without phonics if the school i...
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Youtube: Jolly Phonics study in S. Australia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2233
Re: Youtube: Jolly Phonics study in S. Australia
Delightful film! Another nail in the coffin for the 'phonics-is-deadly' critics.
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year 2011 !!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4457
Re: Happy New Year 2011 !!!
Thank you, Peter. And Happy New Year to you and your family in Japan. We've seen the spectacular fireworks from New Zealand and Hong Kong and the quite amazing display from Sydney Harbour.
But, of course, we're very backward here and still clinging on to that strange year - 2010!
But, of course, we're very backward here and still clinging on to that strange year - 2010!
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:34 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: EducatioNation website
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4112
Re: EducatioNation website
The majority of people can read the mass of scientific evidence re global warming and then read the findings of that small percentage of scientists who deny this evidence and then come to a conclusion. Without a scientific background it will come down to judgment, rather than scientific knowledge fo...
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:02 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: EducatioNation website
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4112
Re: EducatioNation website
Thanks, too. A lot of good meaty stuff. Some areas of disagreement but these are few given the overall merit of his conclusions. There was one part of the following statement that I grappled with : Students who can’t read can’t learn math, science, civics, and history, either. They can’t think logic...
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:47 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Phonology with Reading' intervention programme
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3230
Re: 'Phonology with Reading' intervention programme
There is much to be said for using reading books immediately where they are compatible with SP decoding-synthesizing and where choice of sound/grapheme is made carefully and introduced meticulously. But book bands have given a reading book start a bad name - a great shame. I cannot believe that Soun...
- Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:03 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Youtube: Y1 teacher on 'How to read with my child'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4187
Re: Youtube: Y1 teacher on 'How to read with my child'
Derrie - there is absolutely no problem using 'reading' books if these have been scrupulouslyand intelligently constructed - as many RRFers can testify.
- Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:59 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Prof. Bishop's blog: should we label it 'dyslexia'?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16432
Re: Prof. Bishop's blog: medical-sounding labels & alternatives
This looks well worth a read. I've only had time to read the first part but this sentence was particularly arresting: in 1976, Bill Yule concluded: “The era of applying the label 'dyslexic' is rapidly drawing to a close. The label has served its function in drawing attention to children who have gre...
- Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:48 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Ben Goldacre's Review of the Year
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6184
Re: Ben Goldacre's Review of the Year
I know that very reasonably, Jenny, you don't like emotive words like 'dodgy' unless there is 'evidence' that one can provide root and branch evidence. But I work on observation, reading of hundreds of comments on fora, newspaper articles, papers, video evidence, and the words of Marie Clay herself ...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: MP Graham Allen and the 'Early Intervention' review
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2220
Re: MP Graham Allen and the 'Early Intervention' review
Yes - it is strange that such a strong advocate of spending millions on Reading Recovery - should be in charge of this investigation. Oh dear ...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Ben Goldacre's Review of the Year
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6184
Ben Goldacre's Review of the Year
There will doubtless be an avalanche of informational misuse via test ‘analysis’ (a classic example being the Reading Recovery use of the BAS tests which showed how RR magicked years and years of progress out of the rabbit’s hat ). Surely the BAS test provides useful information only when implemente...
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: PISA results 2009- UK falling further behind
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16871
Re: PISA results 2009- UK falling further behind
Derry N.Ireland has selective schools. Eire does not have grammar schools. Martin McGuinness, when he was Ed. Secretary in N.Ireland was talking about abandoning the grammar school system -Jim would know what the state of affairs is now - Whatever system it's the bottom 20%+ who are affected by whol...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:14 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: PISA results 2009- UK falling further behind
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16871
Re: PISA results 2009- UK falling further behind
Debbie says: Does this reflect the dominance of Reading Recovery and a more multi-cueing approach do you think? It may be deeper than that. Look at the decimation of libraries, replacement of reading with computer games etc.etc. the fact that teachers teaching these children were educated themselves...
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:03 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Blogger 'Old Andrew' gives excellent support for SP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3421
Re: Blogger 'Old Andrew' gives excellent support for SP
Thanks Susan. Old Andrews' blog isn't given enough exposure here. Have a look, also, at
http://teachingbattleground.wordpress.c ... nal-needs/
and the responses.
http://teachingbattleground.wordpress.c ... nal-needs/
and the responses.