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  • Diglossia, African American English, & Literacy Instruction in the United States

    Diglossia, African American English, & Literacy Instruction in the United States

    There is a concept termed diglossia worth exploring in relation to dialects of African American English used in the United States. What is diglossia? Diglossia can be defined as “the coexistence of two varieties of the same language throughout a speech community. Often, one form is the literary or prestige dialect, and the other is…

    manderson

    February 22, 2023
    Language, Literacy, Mulilingual Learners, Reading
    African American English, Black English, Ebonics, Language, linguistics, Literacy, Reading, research
  • A Multicomponent Approach

    A Multicomponent Approach

    I am a nerd, and I skim through a fair number of research papers, both to keep current for my professional role, and because I just like learning about literacy and language. While I use Zotero to organize some of what I come across, I tend to read through papers on my phone on buses/trains…

    manderson

    January 22, 2023
    Literacy, Mulilingual Learners, Reading
    Alfred Tatum, ELLs, empiricism, intervention, Language, multicomponent, Reading, research, science, teaching
  • Why assessing bilingual children in two languages is just a start

    Why assessing bilingual children in two languages is just a start

    Gaining a clear picture of a student’s language and literacy abilities in both English and their home language is critically important in two scenarios: Gaining information in both languages for bilingual students in these situations can portray a completely different spectrum of profiles than when assessing in English only. Two Different Home Language and Literacy…

    manderson

    January 20, 2023
    Assessment, Language, Literacy, Mulilingual Learners
    Assessment, bilinguals, Language, research, vocabulary
  • How To Go Open-Source with K-12 Curriculum

    How To Go Open-Source with K-12 Curriculum

    10 years ago, I wrote how we could move K-12 curriculum in an open source direction. We’ve made a few advancements, but still a lot of work to be done.

    manderson

    December 18, 2022
    Literacy
    curriculum, education, open source, teaching, technology
  • The Open-Source Imperative for K-12 Curriculum

    The Open-Source Imperative for K-12 Curriculum

    This story was originally published by Chalkbeat as part of a First Person series I wrote on curriculum 10 years ago (!). Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Here are links to all the posts in the series, in case you are interested: Dec 19, 2011, 11:23am EST In my last post on the…

    manderson

    December 11, 2022
    Literacy
    curriculum, learning, open source, teaching
  • What is the problem with “sight words”?

    What is the problem with “sight words”?

    My son just entered kindergarten in our local NYC public school. We received a folder from his teacher with two sets of materials: an overview of the Fundations phonics program (good!), and a list of sight words that he would be expected to memorize each week (um). This is how the sight word overview began:…

    manderson

    October 12, 2022
    Literacy, Phonemic Awareness, Reading
    sight words
  • How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part IV

    How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part IV

    This is Part IV in a series digging into two articles from Keith Stanovich that provides useful ways for educators to understand the science in the science of reading. In Part I, we examined a 2003 article that proposed 5 different “styles” that can influence how science is conducted and perceived. Since Part II, we’ve…

    manderson

    September 10, 2022
    Literacy, Reading, Research Paper
    empiricism, Reading, research, science, Stanovich, teaching
  • How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part III

    How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part III

    The “science of reading” has become a loaded term — partly due to how “science” itself may be conceived. Since starting this series (yes, I know, I take a really long time to write posts), there’s been a fascinating trend of articles reacting to the term in various ways. These takes seem only slated to…

    manderson

    August 31, 2022
    Literacy, Reading, Research Paper
    empiricism, Reading, research, science, Stanovich, teaching
  • How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part II

    How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part II

    “The field’s failure to ground practice in the attitudes and values of science has made educators susceptible to the ‘authority syndrome’ as well as fads and gimmicks that ignore evidence-based practice.” –Paula and Keith Stanovich

    manderson

    July 19, 2022
    Literacy, Reading, Research Paper
    empiricism, Reading, research, science, Stanovich, teaching
  • How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part I

    How you interpret “the science of reading” depends on how you think of “science”: Part I

    How do you view the world? In what way do these views influence the way you think of and understand science — especially reading science?

    manderson

    July 12, 2022
    Literacy, Reading, Research Paper
    empirical research, Keith Stanovich
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