Making Words Make Sense
A reading specialist considers reading research within the context of classroom instruction.
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Take Five: Five Takeaways from Daniel Willingham’s Close Look at Comprehension (opens the original)
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Sticking to Safe Topics Can Keep Us Stuck on the Wrong Side of Science (opens the original)
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Curiosity in the Classroom: Design Thinking and Paradigm Shifts that Reorient Reading Instruction (opens the original)
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Science of Reading KISS (opens the original)
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Can We Settle for Assimilation? (opens the original)
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