Why reasons can be unreasonable if we want real reading progress
The theory says it is illogical to think that we need to find the reason for a child’s slow progress. For a psychologist this is a real...
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Positive Energy
We talk a lot about skills and effective learning with Total Words, but the whole approach was built on feeling the need to change the...
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Before-After Measures Or Before-During-After Measures?
Before and after measures make sense. We measure what a child can do, teach them, and measure again to see what they can do now. It’s a...
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Single Days of long slow grind or day-by-day Achievements?
I keep thinking of the long slow dull grinding down that some kids experience at school; so few experiences of real achievement, so few...
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Two Things Seem Absurd
The first thing is how many children in the UK are not acquiring adequate reading skills. We have more texts more books, more experts in...
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If at first you don’t succeed… don’t try and try again
If at first you don’t succeed, find out what will succeed. If, at first, a child has not made progress in reading, find out what will...
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