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    On porcupines and predictable text: What are predictable texts and why are they a problem?
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    On porcupines and predictable text: What are predictable texts and why are they a problem?

    Curriculum developers and teachers are grappling with the question of when to provide students with decodable and predictable texts,...
    Papering over the reading gap
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Papering over the reading gap

    Why using coloured paper and overlays might do more harm than good for students with reading difficulties. By James Murphy Download PDF I...
    Following the evidence
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Following the evidence

    There are very few exceptions to the statement ‘everyone can learn to read and write’. Learning to read is one of the most studied human...
    Threading together the sciences of reading
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 7 min

    Threading together the sciences of reading

    Research that informs our collective understanding of literacy development is not conducted within one field of science. This is tricky,...
    Scaling up success in majority Indigenous schools
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 9 min

    Scaling up success in majority Indigenous schools

    This is an edited transcript of Noel Pearson’s speech at The Centre for Independent Studies event ‘Scaling up success in majority...
    I think I was wrong about phonemic awareness
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 6 min

    I think I was wrong about phonemic awareness

    Why thinking like a scout rather than a soldier when assessing new ideas on the teaching of phonemic awareness has made Mark Anderson...
    Evidence and the real world
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Evidence and the real world

    There is a growing appetite in Australia for more evidence-based policymaking in education. In particular, policymakers are often called...
    Decodable or predictable: Why reading curriculum developers must seize one
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 7 min

    Decodable or predictable: Why reading curriculum developers must seize one

    Despite the promise to ‘improve clarity’, ‘declutter’ and remove ‘ambiguous’ content, the new draft curriculum has left teachers guessing...
    ‘Clarity’ leaves school leaders in the dark on the science of reading
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    ‘Clarity’ leaves school leaders in the dark on the science of reading

    Why principals looking for evidence-based methods will need to look beyond the pages of Clarity by Lyn Sharratt. By Jennifer Buckingham...
    Abandon our literacy myth
    Nomanis
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Abandon our literacy myth

    Why do many thousands of New Zealand adults have very poor literacy? An adherence to the whole language method of teaching literacy over...
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