Championing curriculum-based assessments & science of reading
Hugh Catts champions the use of curriculum-based assessments as these are more appropriate and equitable for all students. Teachers should consider his criticisms of state tests and decide if these apply to the state and national tests in their school.
Replications & Tessellations: Fun, learning & repetition! Part 2 of 5
Earlier posts discussed the importance of repetition, and this post links back to earlier posts, as well as providing a fun example of Escher's Tessellations as repetition. To some teachers and many students, repetition seems boring - and yet it's so important for ensuring that learning finds its way into long term memory!
Evidence-based research & Replication: Back to Repeating things, Part 1 of 5
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat: Sweet, or just totally bored?
2022 - START BRIGHTLY & READ BRIGHTLY: Reading Resources & YouTube
2022 Positive Start: Somebody’s Land Book Review
Fluency - theory to practice, with thanks to Tom Sherrington!
The Science of Reading and The Simple View, Updated by the original authors!
Why is rote learning of knowledge and strategies important in literacy?
Overlearning of knowledge and strategies, rote learning, is an important foundation for critical thinking. This post presents literacy examples, building on the previous post in numeracy. Such learning is based on cognitive load theory (Sweller, 2017) and enables effective learning in any domain and any topic. Rote learning enables our brains to think automatically to complete many tasks, and we often don't realise this!
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