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The Reading Instruction Show — 323 episodes
Dr. Johnson is Vulgard, Common, and Shameful
Dr. Johnson is Not Very Smart
George Hruby presents After the Flood: Reading Instruction Post SoR
Minnesota, Reading Legislation, and Tarot Cards
Living Your Values, MAGA, and Christianity
Trained Seals, Reading Instruction, and Educational Overlords
The Rich Man, Brother Lazarus, and Donald J. Trump
God Exists
The Importance of Argument in Reading Instruction
Teaching Reading at Home: Tips for Parents
God Has a Plan
The National Reading Panel: Phonics and Word Work
The National Reading Panel: Comprehension
Introduction to Systemic Racism
Twisted Scripture
A Journalist is NOT a Literacy Scholar
Conference Presentation: LETRS - Behind the Pretty Words
What is Evidence and Research?
Sunday Sermon: Bat Shit Crazy Ramblings
Sunday Sermon: People of Faith or People of Belief?
Sunday Sermon: The Lord Detests These Things
8 Commonly Misunderstood Terms in Reading Instruction
8 Comonly Misunderstoond Terms in Reading Instruction
The Importance of Academic Journals: John Stossel Doesn't Know What they Are
Dyslexia Summits, Disinvitations, and Reading Camps
John Stossel: My Adventure in Television – Part I
Dyslexia Summits, Disinvitations, and Abrasiveness
Academic Buzzwords, Weasel Words, and Propagating Lexiconic Locution: Claude Goldenberg, and the International Dyslexia Association
Academic Buzzwords, Weasel Words, and Propagating Lexiconic Locution: Claude Goldenberg, and the International Dyslexia Association
Selective Umbrage: Emily Hanford is an Alexa App
Show Me "The Research'
Legitimate Professional Development for Reading Teachers
Toadys, Transaction, and Reading Instruction
The Ideology of Reading
Forward to the Past: Writer Over to People
Reading Wars and the Education Science Reform Act of 2002
Cognitive Science and Reading
Orthographic Mapping: Weak or Robust Theory?
Everybody Uses Direct Instruction For Reading
Research to Support the Three-Cueing Systems
Orton-Gillingham: Behind the Pretty Words
Defining the Science of Reading
What Elephants Can Teach Us About Reading Instruction
What Elephants Can Teach Us About Reading Instruction
The 3 Q-ing Systems: What it Isn't and Is
Metaphysicial Perspectives
Belief Systems and Mental Sets
Being and Becoming Responsible Consumers of Educational Research
The Psycholinguistic Guessing Game
Whole Language and Evidence-Based Reading Instruction
Conversation with Claude Goldenberg
Interview with Joe Lockavitch
The Music of Balaned Literacy Instruction
Whole-to-Part vs. Part-to-Whole Reading Instruction
Ropes, Humpty Dumpty, and Systems Theory
Ropes, Humpty Dumpty, and Systems Theory
Little Timmy Learns to Read: A True Story
Chilren of the Code: Hard-Wired to Learn Reading
Defining the Science of Reading and SoR Research Standards
Understanding Science, Research, and Research Methods
Dr. Elana Aydarova. Science of Reading Mythologies
It’s Easier to Blame Teachers than to Fix Problems
The Ample Testimony of Reading
Understanding the Limitations of Data and Research in Educational Research
The Reading Crisis the Isn't: Context Matters
Reading Instruction in the Context of Crisis
LETRS Does Not Meet Basic SoR Standards
LETRS: Weasels or Engery Efficient Light Bubls
Of Mice and Minnesota: Mouse World and Reading Instruction
Emily Hanford is the Alexa App of Reading Instruction
The New Reading Anti-Science Movement in Minnesota
12 Essential Elements of a Comprehensive Reading Program
I Was Wrong: Holy Books, Sacred Texts, Theories, Paradigms, and Reading Instruction
I'm Woke!!!
The Read Act and the Lessons Beyond the Lesson
Zealotry in the Guise of Reading Science
The Dance and the Joy of Reading Instruction
Science of Reading: Where's the Joy?
Reading, Religion, and Time
LETRS, Orthographic Mapping, and Ignorance Mapping
Three-Cueing, Orthographic Mapping, and Ignorance Mapping
Emotions, Logic, Intuition, Knowledge and the Science of Reading
Exploring Creativity with Sven Johnson
Killing Cows, Burning Witches, and Reading Instruction in Minnesota
THE MINNESOTA LIE
There Are No Reading Messiahs
Consensus Among Researchers, Intensive Phonics, and Word-Building Instruction
When Business paradigms are Used in Education
WHAT IS READING WORKSHOP AND WHY DOES EMILY HANFORD HATE IT?
TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY, THE MINNESOTA COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM, AND THE READING LEAGUE
Interview with Marvin Melvinhaus from Moms for Liberty
Forward to the Past: The History of Basals and the Science of Reading
Pictures, Word Cues, and Memorization: Falderal or Foolishness in Reading Instruction
Endings, Happiness, and Love: The Reading Instruction Show?
Dysresearchlia and the Science of Reading
Reading Instruction: Angels, Vampires, Lies, and the Educational Overlords
Interview with Paul Gardner: A Scary Picture of Christmas Yet to Be for Reading Instruction
The Lesson: Total Literacy Experience Activities, Problem-Solving and Change
Problem Solving and Total Literacy Experience Activities
Wrestling with Balanced Literacy Instruction in Wisconsin
The Reading League Wisconsin and Personal Attacks.
A Wonderful Conversation with Susan Vincent
What Jessica Winter Got Wrong: Curriculum, Intensive Phonics, and Vocabulary Building Instruction
Jessica Winter's Clown-Based Understanding of Early literacy
Jessica Winter, Lucy Calkins, and the Way to Get Good Reading Instruction
Jessica Winter and Reading Workshop: A Gentler Approach
Jessica Winter Tries to Understand Reading Workshop
Emily Hanford, Reading Instruction, and an Age of Clownery
Understanding Commonly Misunderstand Terms for Literacy Instruction
Conversation with A Master Teacher -- Anna Hamman
Hello, I'm Ignorant: Penguins "Debunking" the Three Cueing Systems
Conversation with a Master Teaching, Parent, and Literacy Advocate: Stephanie Fuhr
Conversations with Master Teachers of Reading: Ronda Schlumbohm
Conversations with Dave and Andy
2 Causes of Ineffective Reading Instruction
Ortis Hamminggil, PBIS, and the Science of Reading
It's Research-Based:
How to Prepare Expert Teachers of Reading
A Humpty-Dumptian Approach to Early Literacy Instruction is Ineffective
Science of Reading - Why are you Blocking Me? What are you Afraid Of?
You Can't Be Just a Little Science of Reading
The Basics of Science and Reading Science
The Science of Reading or the Ideology of Reading?
How Science Works: Reading Science, Reading Research, and Reading Theories
The Science of Reading, Phonics, and the National Reading Panel Report
A Comprehensive Literacy Program and the Science of Reading
LACK OF PROFESSIONAL RESPECT LEADS TO TEACHER SHORTAGES
The Pseudo-Science of Reading and Space Alien Gravity Theory
Science of Reading Advocates are Teaching Children to Guess at Words!!!!
The Importance of Art in the Language Arts
A Pramatic Way to Address Academic Standards for Writing
ASSESSING WRITING: A HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE - PART 2
Assessing Writing - Documenting Students' Growth: Part 1
WE DO NOT TEACH CHILDREN TO GUESS AT WORDS!
Making Sense out of Nonsensical Statements: Reading and Whole Language
The Importance of Temporary Spelling
Grammar Instruction, Paul Neuman, Strother Martin and a Failure to Communicate
Mental Health Memoire - Chapter 1: A Nanny Goat Sings
Ken Goodman, Emily Hanford, American Public Media, Penquins, and Reading Instruction
Whole Language has NOT Been Debunked or Disproven
WHOLE LANGUAGE HAS NOT BEEN DEBUNKED OR DISPROVEN
THE EDUCATIONAL CRISIS IS A MYTH: READING TEST SCORES ARE NOT PLUMMETING
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR EARLY LITERACY LEARNING (WRITING)
The "Science" of Reading Clown Club
EMERGENT AND BEGINNING WRITING
RTI, Standardized Tests, Screening Devices, and Dysgraphia
RTI and Learning Disabilities
Is MTSS Merely a PBIS and ABA Delivery System?
Evidence and Science in Special Ed World and Science of Reading Comedy Club
"Evidence-Based" Practices in Education: Facts or Falderal
Collecting Data is NOT the same as Research
Don't Pray for Me
Don't Pray for Me: Politics, Reading Instruction, and Religion
The 10 Pillars of Good Reading Instruction (not 5)
Coming Out of a Different Sort of Closet Living With Mental Health Issues - INTRODUCTION
EFFERENT AND AESTHETIC RESPONSES TO TEXT AND WHY THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS RELATED TO READING ARE OFTEN ARE RIDICULOUS
Secrets of the Draft: Part 2
Secrets of the Draft: Step 2 of the 5-Step Writing Process
Parents "Bill of Rights": Picking Lice off of the Educational Monkey
I am a Holistic Educator, NOT a Dancing Monkey
Beware of the Number Monkeys: They are Ruining Education
Teacher Writing Prompts
When Schools Use a Person-Centered, Open System
Problems When Schools Use the Top-Down, Closed Systems Model
Pre-Pre-Writing Strategies
Using Educational Research to Make Sound Educational Decisions
FRUED: HOW HIS IDEAS HELP US UNDERSTAND STUDENTS, OTHERS, AND OURSELVES
CARL ROGERS: BEING AND BECOMING A PERSON AND A TEACHER
Enabling Self-Actualization in the Classroom
Expert Reading Instruction Rarely Occurs in Special Education Settings
Problems in Special Ed World: The Medical Model, Segregated Instruction, and Systemic Racism
Maslow's Theory of Motivation: Why We Must Look Beyond Behaviors
The Special Education Silo
Problems in Special Ed World: Reading Instruction and Other Things
FAST READING FREDDY
THE BIG, BIG PICTURE FOR READING INSTRUCTION
Testing Madness: A Cause of Ineffective Reading Instruction
Eye Movement and Miscue Analysis
STOP CORRECTING MISTAKES AND TELLING STUDENTS TO SOUND OUT WORDS!
A Cause of Ineffective Reading Instruction: An Un-Understanding of the Reading Process
The Fallacy of Scientifically-Based Reading Research
LEARNING ABOUT GRAMMAR DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BORING AND MEANINGLESS
Using Research in Education: Research, Paradigms, and Making Good Decisions
Phonemic Awareness Activity
Early and Emergent Literacy Instruction: Ages 3, 4, 5, and 6.
BEING AND BECOMING A MASTER TEACHER: TEACHING AS TRANSFORMATION
EDUCATION AS SELF-ACTUALIZATION
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WOKENESS, AND WHITE FRAGILITY: PART 2
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CHANGE, AND THE IDEA-DELIVERY SYSTEM: PART 1
TEACHING THE 5-STEP WRITING PROCESS
TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE
WRITING INSTRUCTION: KEEP THE ART IN LANGUAGE ARTS
LEARNING TO WRITE AND MAKING RASPBERRY JELLY: THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT
THE STORY OF SALLY, STANDARDIZED TESTS, AND READING
FIVE CAUSES OF INEFFECTIVE READING INSTRUCTION
The Neurological Basis for Data-Resistant Belief Systems: The 2020 Presidential Election and the COVID Vaccine
Data Resistant Discourse
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND READING INSTRUCTION
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING WORDS
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS: EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND EDUCATIONAL DISORDERS
HELPING WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHITE GUILT, SHAME, AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
HELPING WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC RACISM
CRITICAL RACE THEORY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
WHAT IS A BALANCED READING PROGRAM?
FAST-TRACK TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS: THE SPAGHETTI MODEL
HOW CAN WE GET MORE TEACHERS OF COLOR INTO OUR CLASSROOM?
ACTIVITIES FOR WORD CLASS: A SELF-SELECTED APPROACH TO SPELLING INSTRUCTION
A BALANCED READING PROGRAM: 12 ELEMENTS
WORD CLASS: A SELF-SECTED APPROACH TO SPELLING "INSTRUCTION" - PART 1
TEACHING WRITING: SELF EDITNG AND PEER-EDITING
TEACHING GRAMMAR: 7 TIPS AND 2 TEACHING STRATEGIES
TEACHING GRAMMAR
TEMPORARY SPELLING
TEACHING USING AUTHENTIC WRITING
TEACHING THE 5-STEP WRITING PROCES
IDEAS FOR HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP A LOVE OF READING
HOW TO TEACH READING
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE: FOUR LANGUAGE PROCESSES WORKING TOGETHER
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING PART 4: STRATEGIES AND CONDITIONS
MY QUEST TO UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING - PART 3
MY QUESTION TO UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING - PART 2
MY QUEST TO UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING - PART 1
VALUES CLARIFICATION ACTIVITIES
DISAPPEARING MAN
DEFINING READING
DEVELOPING MORAL REASONING - PART 4: MORAL DILEMMAS
CAROL GILLIGAN'S STAGES OF ETHICAL CARE
PART 4 - WE ARE FAILING OUR STRUGGLING READERS: THE STORY OF ROBERT
PART 2: ADDRESSING MORALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS - KOHLBERGS 6 LEVELS OF MORAL REASONING
PART 1 - ADDRESSING MORALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS: WHAT IS MORALITY
TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM: THE DANIELSON FILTER - PART 2
TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONAL DISPOSITIONS, AND FILTERS: PART 1
READING INTERVENTIONS: THE STORY OF JOSEY
WE ARE FAILING OUR STRUGGLING READERS: WHY?
WE ARE FAILING OUR STRUGGLING READERS: THE STORY OF ERIK
SOFT BULLYING AND MICROAGGRESSION WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
DATA-RESISTANT THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS AND PARADIGMATIC PAROCHIALISM IN SPECIAL ED WORLD
MEETINGS, MUTING, AND MUZZLING (defining democratic process and describing meeting protocol)
MOTIVATION AND LEARNING
ATTENDING TO THE EMOTIONAL PART OF READING DISABILITIES
THREE VIEWS OF TEACHING: WHICH IS CORRECT?
RESPECTFUL ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
HOW DO WE HANDLE OUR DISAGREEMENTS?
IEPS: A SYSTEMS-CENTERED APPROACH AND A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH
CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND TEACHER PREPARATION.
HELPING MIDDLE AGE WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC RACISM: WHITE GUILT, SHAME, AND THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HELPING MIDDLE AGE WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC RACISIM
HUMANISTIC LEARNING THEORY, PART 2: SUPPORTING PRINCIPLES
HUMANISTIC LEARNING THEORY, PART 1: EDUCATING HUMAN BEINGS
THREE VIEWS OF TEACHING: TRANSMISSION, TRANSACTION, AND TRANSFORMATION
MORAL OUTRAGE IS NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM
ACADEMIC WRITING STEP 1: RESEARCH TO GATHER DATA
DISPROPORTIONALITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION - RACISM part 5
THE SUPER-SECRET ACADEMIC WRITING PROCESS REVEALED
ACADEMIC WRITING: THE ART, SCIENCE, AND CRAFT
BASIC ELEMENTS OF DIRECT INSTRUCTION FOR TEACHING READING SKILLS
WHOLE LANGUAGE TEACHERS BELIEVE IN VERY DIRECT AND EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION
SEGREGATED AND INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTION - Racism - PART 4
RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO: SEGREGATION AND INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS
RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO: DISABILITY-RACISM INTERSECTION - Part 3
VOCABULARY: AN OVERVIEW OF WORD LEARNNG
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - Part 2
RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - PART 1
ACTION RESEARCH: THE STEPS
ACTION RESEARCH: 7 DESCRIPTORS
BEING AND BECOMING AN EXPERT TEACHER
METHODS, STRATEGIES, AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN READING
SIGHT WORDS AND SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHARTS
UNDERSTANDING COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD TERMS AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO READING INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS
TOO MUCH STINK'N PHONICS
ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHOLE LANGUAGE? YUP.
WRITING SHOULD BE PART OF READING INSTRUCTION
THE LIMITATIONS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING READING DIFFICULTIES
THE SCIENCE, ART, AND CRAFT OF TEACHING - AND EXPERT TEACHERS HAVE FOUR TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY - APPLICATIONS
RESPONDING TO TEXT AND WHY THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ARE RIDICULOUS
UNDERSTANDING READING FROM A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
HUMANISTIC LEARNING THEORY
TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM
EMOTIONS, MOTIVATION, AND READING DISABILITIES
STANDARDIZED TESTS: YOU CAN'T TEACH A SNEETCH!
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL MODELS OF READING
HOW DO WE HANDLE DIFFERENCES IN THE FIELD OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED READING RESEARCH: WHAT IS IT?
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH, READING INSTRUCTION, AND THE NATIONAL READING PANEL
FONIX PHACS
SHARED READING: A MULTILEVEL READING STRATEGY
DESIGNING EFFECTIVE WRITING PROMPTS FOR POST-READING ACTIVITIES
READING INSTRUCTION IN SPECIAL ED WORLD: WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS
DYSLEXIA: MULTISENSORY INSTRUCTION
FIDELITY OR EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE?
DYSLEXIA AND FREE VOLUNTARY READING (FINK STUDY)
DYSLEXIA: INTERVENTIONS AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT
EYE MOVEMENT DURING READING
DYSLEXIA, THE INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION, AND ORTON-GILLINGHOAM
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES
THE IMPORTANCE OF READING PRACTICE FOR ALL STUDENTS
DYSLEXIA: INTERVENTIONS AND INSTRUCTION
UNDERSTANDING DYSLEXIA
A STORY ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF READING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS
TEACHER PREPARATION - INTERVIEW WITH DR. STEVEN REUTER
TWO APPROACHES TO EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION (AGES 3, 4, AND 5)
WORD IDENTIFICATION: MORPHEMIC ANALYSIS
READING INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNING AND STRUGGLING READERS: SIGHT WORDS
ESSENTIAL LEARNING THEORIES: THEORIES, LEARNING, AND LEARNING TO TEACH
WHAT YOUR EYES DO DURING READING
READING INTERVENTIONS, FIDELITY, AND EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE
SIMPLE HOME READING TIPS FOR PARENTS
SHARED READING FOR LARGE UNIT PHONICS
PHONICS INSTRUCTION IN A MEANING-BASED APPROACH TO READING INSTRUCTION
Scaffolded Oral Reading and Tips for the Language Experience Approach
THE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH
READING FLUENCY: SHORT PASSAGE FLUENCY
READING FLUENCY: NO WCPM PLUS 2 STRATEGIES
READING FLUENCY: NO ROUND ROBIN READING
READING FLUENCY: EXPRESSION AND PROSODY
FLUENCY: STANDARDIZED READING RATES
UNDERSTANDING 8 ESSENTIAL TERMS RELATED TO READING INSTRUCTION
Three Big Ideas for Effective Reading Interventions
Updated: 7 Elements necessary for Effective Daily Reading Instruction
Reluctant Writers
Two Theoretical Models of Reading