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Learning to write is central to becoming literate. We use writing 'to learn new ideas, persuade others, record information, create imaginary worlds, express feelings, entertain others, heal psychological wounds, chronicle experiences, and explore the meaning of events...
Those who are not reading and writing teachers or researchers, or those who have not studied the history of teaching reading and writing could be excused for thinking that the teaching of phonics, and in particular teaching it 'first and fast' and in isolation of...
The Foundation Committee has developed the following set of principles to help you evaluate information about learning and literacy. Principles to help you Fact Check (evaluate articles about learning and literacy) Be wary of articles that: Suggest that teachers and...
Continued and often heated debates about how teachers and parents can best help young children learn to read are closely related to different definitions of, and understandings about, what effective reading is. This Fact Check discusses two approaches to defining...
Some recent public commentary around learning to read and write is misleading and false. One such claim is that all students should receive the same synthetic phonics program in the same sequence and in the same way and for the same amount of time. Literacy researcher...
Recently in press articles, some commentators have provided a misleading view of what many systems, schools and educators know as a 'balanced literacy approach' claiming it does not attend adequately to phonics instruction. It is important that the expertise of those...
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