Comments on: Promoting reading competence http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/07/07/promoting-reading-competence/ 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=3.3.1 By: JohnL http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/07/07/promoting-reading-competence/comment-page-1/#comment-68991 JohnL Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:27:59 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/?p=959#comment-68991 SueJ, I agree that "we need more than decoding and abstract strategies – and also more than predictable text," but we also need those things, too. Students won't do well if they get only a little bit of this and a little bit of that (not that your comments suggests such a strategy). We really do need <u>complete</u> teaching. That's one of the givens, as I see it. Too often, we educators seem to seek some near-magical experience, activity, or method, ignoring the evidence that most of the things we want students to learn require merging of multiple experiences, activities, and methods. (This is a variant on the ain't-no-magic-key argument, of course.) ==> Simply having parents use more words and more different words and syntax won't be sufficient. ==> Simply teaching decoding won't be sufficient. ==> Simply modeling comprehension strategies won't be sufficient. ==> Simply labeling common classroom objects won't be sufficient. ==> Simply increasing the number of books in school won't be sufficient. Educators need to know and employ a well-coordinated set of activities and methods to create the mixture that fosters learning. Sigh. Thanks for reminding me of this important point. SueJ, I agree that “we need more than decoding and abstract strategies – and also more than predictable text,” but we also need those things, too. Students won’t do well if they get only a little bit of this and a little bit of that (not that your comments suggests such a strategy).

We really do need complete teaching. That’s one of the givens, as I see it. Too often, we educators seem to seek some near-magical experience, activity, or method, ignoring the evidence that most of the things we want students to learn require merging of multiple experiences, activities, and methods. (This is a variant on the ain’t-no-magic-key argument, of course.)

==> Simply having parents use more words and more different words and syntax won’t be sufficient.
==> Simply teaching decoding won’t be sufficient.
==> Simply modeling comprehension strategies won’t be sufficient.
==> Simply labeling common classroom objects won’t be sufficient.
==> Simply increasing the number of books in school won’t be sufficient.

Educators need to know and employ a well-coordinated set of activities and methods to create the mixture that fosters learning. Sigh. Thanks for reminding me of this important point.

]]> By: SueJ http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/07/07/promoting-reading-competence/comment-page-1/#comment-68990 SueJ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:31:15 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/?p=959#comment-68990 that jives with all the supporting research that says parents should use lots of words and have lots of conversations, too. It means we need more than decoding and abstract strategies - and also more than predictable text. that jives with all the supporting research that says parents should use lots of words and have lots of conversations, too. It means we need more than decoding and abstract strategies – and also more than predictable text.

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