Teach Effectively!

I stumbled across a site that is touted as “Scientifically Based Research: A Link from Research to Practice” on the Web, created by Amanda VanDerHeyden, a professor in school psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CA, US). Although there are links to many materials and procedures she has developed, the site does not at this time provide links to procedures and practices available elsewhere.

I only had a chance to glance at the details of the site. It has sections for different academic areas (reading, writing, etc.) as well as assessment. It seems mostly focused on very young children. There are references to individual studies reported by Professor VanDerHeyden, and the procedures are similar to some that have more extensive scientific documentation of their value.

WARNING: The front end of this site employs a big dose of Flash, so there is a lot of waiting, even with a very high-speed connection. Readers may wish to bookmark the subordinate HTML pages so that they can go directly to them rather than having to load the Flash navigation page. It also opens pages in new windows, so an individual who uses a full-screen display for her browser (as do most Windows users) and explores the site thoroughly may have at least a half dozen windows open at the end of the visit.

Link to the GOSBR site, to Professor VanDerHeyden’s UCSB bio page