Evidence Matters
Issue 14: There Are Many Stories | Dr Jennifer Petrich, Sara Lee, and Bradley Johnson Paid Members Public
Dr Jennifer Petrich, Sara Lee, and Bradley Johnson narrate how they embarked on a journey of structured word inquiry with struggling students.
Issue 14: Shared Book Reading: An Activity for Children of All Ages | Dr Tessa Weadman Paid Members Public
Dr Tessa Weadman highlights the benefits of shared book reading for children's oral language and early literacy development and provides strategies for parents to engage in interactive reading with their children.
Issue 14: Why is Emotional Literacy the Key to Success for All Learners? Dr Sarah Moseley Paid Members Public
Dr Sarah Moseley emphasises the importance of developing emotional literacy in children, particularly those who struggle, to help them find internal motivation and overcome adversity on their path to success.
Issue 14: Whole Class Teaching Lifts All Learners | Dr Nathaniel Swain Paid Members Public
Dr Nathaniel Swain reflects on how and why his preferred method of supporting struggling learners in classrooms has shifted from individual learning intervention and differentiated groups to robust whole class instruction.
Issue 13: Tips for the best start on the road to literacy | Dr Jeannine Herron Paid Members Public
Dr Jeannine Herron discusses the need for children to develop the ability to use the alphabet code independently and provides pointers on how parents and educators can help them establish automatic encoding and decoding skills.
Issue 13: A Parent Guide to effective practice | Clare Wood Paid Members Public
Clare Wood recommends effective instructional practices aligned with the Structured Linguistic Literacy approach that parents can adopt to help their children systematically learn concepts and skills in tiny sequential steps that lead to mastery over time.
Issue 13: Will the Real Sight Word Please Stand Up? Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic Paid Members Public
Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic clarifies the confusion around the term "sight word", explains how sight vocabularies develop, and sheds light on both optimal and nonoptimal instructional practices from a Structured Linguistic Literacy perspective.
Issue 13: How and Why a Structured Linguistic Literacy Approach Closes the Gap Quickly | Nora Chahbazi Paid Members Public
Nora Chahbazi describes the logic underpinning the efficiency of the Structured Linguistic Literacy approach and demonstrates how it differs from the two other widely known approaches to reading instruction; Balanced Literacy and Traditional Phonics.
