Providing Feedback
FANTASTIC WORK YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL/BOY YOU’RE NOT TRYING THIS IS EASY – YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT GREAT WORK WELL DONE THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH These are the types of statements we often say … Continued
3 Quick Editing Tips
Writing should be a three part process – planning, writing and editing. The editing stage is often the most difficult. To be effective, editing often requires more time than the original writing process and needs to occur several times, each … Continued
Reading Achievement & Motivation
Toste et al. (2020) have just published a meta-analytic review of 132 research articles (involving over 690,000 participants) investigating the relationship between motivation and reading achievement among students from kindergarten through to the 12th grade (it is a USA study). … Continued
Multisensory???
Schlesinger and Gray’s (2017) article on the impact of multisensory instruction on learning letter names and sounds, word reading, and spelling provides a very good example of the importance of critically analysing research. In their abstract, they stated that “multisensory … Continued
Magazines & Reading
An important component of reading comprehension is exposing children to a wide variety of texts and topics. Magazines are a useful resource in this regard, especially those designed for children as they tend to have an abundance of ‘high-interest’ content … Continued