Comments on: Sad story http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/01/18/sad-story/ Evidence-based teaching methods for helping students who are at risk for school failure or who have disabilities. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JohnL http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/01/18/sad-story/comment-page-1/#comment-8412 JohnL Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:57:39 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/01/18/sad-story/#comment-8412 Boy, Miss Profe, I dunno. I'd sure like to prevent it from happening. I suppose it is some mixture of multiple factors: (a) a belief that children will learn spontaneously, (b) a failure to assess objectively and systematically, (c) a fear of unwanted social consequences for "singling out" the child, (d) an opinion that literacy isn't really all that important (though you middle school teachers might disagree!), (e) a lack of knowledge about how to teach literacy right in the first place, (f).... I'd be glad to entertain other suggestions (or corrections to those I've posed in my preliminary list). Thanks for reading and commenting. Boy, Miss Profe, I dunno. I’d sure like to prevent it from happening.

I suppose it is some mixture of multiple factors: (a) a belief that children will learn spontaneously, (b) a failure to assess objectively and systematically, (c) a fear of unwanted social consequences for “singling out” the child, (d) an opinion that literacy isn’t really all that important (though you middle school teachers might disagree!), (e) a lack of knowledge about how to teach literacy right in the first place, (f)….

I’d be glad to entertain other suggestions (or corrections to those I’ve posed in my preliminary list).

Thanks for reading and commenting.

]]> By: Miss Profe http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/01/18/sad-story/comment-page-1/#comment-8410 Miss Profe Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:53:38 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/01/18/sad-story/#comment-8410 So, how is it that we have these situations? How does a child make it to third grade and has not developed decoding skills? I ask as part of my attempt to learn and to understand. So, how is it that we have these situations? How does a child make it to third grade and has not developed decoding skills? I ask as part of my attempt to learn and to understand.

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