In her video lecture on Including Student with Disabilities through Enhancing Reading Comprehension, Professor Sharon Vaughn discusses some strategies her research has shown to be effective for developing comprehension. She identifies 4 key components of an effective intervention for older … Continued
In their article, Lasnick et al. (2022) provide an overview of the research into the link between the risk of developmental dyslexia and a family history of dyslexia and discuss the potential of family history questionnaires as a tool for … Continued
The practice guide “Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective” provides specific, evidence-based recommendations for teaching writing. Below is an overview of the four key recommendations and associated teaching strategies and an indicator of the current level of evidence supporting … Continued
Have you heard this rhyme? When two vowels go out walking, the first one does the talking. True, there are a number of double vowel combinations in which the vowel sound it represents is the same as the ‘name’ of … Continued
I love teaching persuasive writing because it just requires the teaching of a formula. Once students have mastered the formula then they are able to write a cohesive, structured argument. The difficulty for many children is remembering the formula and … Continued