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Finding the fundamentals of reading
Debate over how to teach children to read has raged over the past 40 years. But what is the best practice for those children who are...
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Oct 28, 20195 min read


The myth of the ‘growth mindset’
The concept of growth mindset has become hugely popular in recent years, but does it have a foundation in research? Tom Chivers Download...
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Oct 28, 20195 min read


In other words
I love words. Which is why I’d love to be on the side of the phonics-in-context debate that gets to define literacy as something like, ‘an o
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Oct 18, 20193 min read


What does evidence-based practice mean in education in 2019?
How to use research to more effectively and appropriately assess different approaches to teaching reading.
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Oct 18, 20197 min read


What we've been reading
By the Nomanis Editorial Committee Nicola Bell I recently read Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I raced through it a...
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Oct 18, 20196 min read


Book review: The Truth about Teaching: An Evidence-Informed Guide for New Teachers
Greg Ashman’s recent book, The Truth about Teaching: An Evidence-Informed Guide for New Teachers is not just appropriate for new teachers.
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Jun 24, 20194 min read


Book Review: Reading for Life
Reading for Life is written by Lyn Stone, who works in Victoria as a linguist, school consultant and tutor of children with literacy difficu
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Jun 24, 20192 min read


Vale Siegfried Engelmann, father of Direct Instruction
Siegfried Engelmann, the main developer of the educational model known as Direct Instruction (DI), died at his home on February 15, 2019.
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Jun 24, 20194 min read


Starting off on the right foot for reading
Exemplary Tier 1 instruction must be the bedrock of the Response to Intervention model.
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Jun 24, 20198 min read


What is the Simple View of Reading?
Delving deeper into what the Simple View of Reading can tell us about how children learn to read.
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Jun 24, 20194 min read
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