Issue 5, July 2018

In this edition, we canvass topics such as providing whole-school support for students with learning difficulties, South Australia's trial of the Year One Phonics Check, why the term dyslexia is useful, why it's time to call a truce in the reading wars, and the history of Direct Instruction.

You can view a digital edition of Nomanis here, download a PDF of the whole edition here (11mb), or download the individual articles below:

• Editorial: Herding cats – Reflections on conducting randomised control trials in schools: Kevin Wheldall

• What we’ve been reading: Nomanis editorial team

• South Australia's trial of England's Year One phonics check - why we need it: Jennifer Buckingham and Kevin Wheldall

• We can do better than Reading Recovery: John Kenny

• We should not get rid of the term dyslexia: Linda Siegel

• Achieving whole-school support for students with learning difficulties – 10 things to consider: Robyn Wheldall

• War and Peace in reading – how about a truce: Jim Rose

• A frank truth – all instruction guides and supports explicit learning: Steve Dysktra

• The long history of Direct Instruction research – Part 1: Kerry Hempenstall

• How well prepared are Australian preservice teachers to teach early reading: Lin Meeks

• Introducing the Institute of Special Educators

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