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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 6: Motivation and Engagement
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 6: Motivation and EngagementWithout student motivation and engagement, everything fails Before we reveal the special significance of student motivation and engagement, let’s look back and connect with the influences we previously explored. While it’s not essential to read all the articles before this one, you may find it gives both a more comprehensive picture and a more detailed…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 5: Caregiver Support
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 5: Caregiver SupportLiteracy Leaders: Welcome to the fifth article in our six-part series on Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size. In this installment, you are challenged to think about your school or schools from the angle of parent or caregiver support and the effect that has on your students’ reading progress. What’s eye-opening is just how…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 4: Independent Reading Practice
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 4: Independent Reading PracticeMaking a habit out of reading practice can be the key to proficiency Literacy Leaders: This is part 4 of a 6 part series on accelerating reading progress using Dr. John Hattie’s Visible Learning principles. Part 1 provides an overview of high effect sizes. Next, Part 2 focuses on comprehension influences. Then, Part 3 focuses…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 3: Fluency Influences
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 3: Fluency InfluencesDon’t leave fluency behind — it matters more than you think Congrats, literacy leaders! You’ve officially made it halfway through the Latest in Literacy blog’s series on high-impact influences that accelerate reading. You’re just in time, no doubt, to tweak your schools’ trajectories before spring benchmarking and EOY assessments. In our previous article, you zoomed…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 2: Comprehension Influences
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 2: Comprehension InfluencesRacing toward assessments, literacy leaders can strategically accelerate reading — now! In our previous article, we dipped into the deep well of research studied by John Hattie in his groundbreaking meta-analyses, called Visible Learning. Today, you’ll dive deeper into one of the most important aspects of successful literacy. In fact, it might be the most…
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Maximize Literacy in 2024: Find What’s Missing from the Science of Reading in Elementary Education
Read more: Maximize Literacy in 2024: Find What’s Missing from the Science of Reading in Elementary EducationSetting the stage: A critical look at your fall literacy benchmark data As November winds down, it’s time to turn your attention to the success of the Science of Reading in elementary education. It’s time to look critically at your upcoming fall benchmarking data. These figures are more than mere statistics; they measure the effectiveness…
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What the Science of Reading is NOT – For Elementary Educators
Read more: What the Science of Reading is NOT – For Elementary EducatorsEducators must get on the same page about the Science of Reading in elementary education. So much is being thought, said, and written about the Science of Reading in elementary education, but what is it? Phonics? Curriculum? Villain? Savior? That depends on who you ask. Surprisingly, you’ll get a variety of answers from teachers, parents,…
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For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 4 of 4)
Read more: For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 4 of 4)Educators, parents and caregivers, literacy experts, and school leaders: This series is for you! Kids Read Now is thrilled to present this series on fostering a love of reading from guest author Dr. Wendy Strickler, Assistant Professor in Reading Science and Director of Teacher Advancement Programs at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The…
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For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 3 of 4)
Read more: For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 3 of 4)Educators, parents and caregivers, literacy experts, and school leaders: This series is for you! Kids Read Now is thrilled to present this series on how students develop strong literacy skills from guest author Dr. Wendy Strickler, Assistant Professor in Reading Science and Director of Teacher Advancement Programs at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio.…
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For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 2 of 4)
Read more: For the LOVE of reading: A 4-part series with ideas to help develop strong literacy skills (Part 2 of 4)Educators, parents and caregivers, literacy experts, and school leaders: This series is for you! Kids Read Now is thrilled to present this series on developing strong literacy skills from guest author Dr. Wendy Strickler, Assistant Professor in Reading Science and Director of Teacher Advancement Programs at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Diving deeper…