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Pros
This book is a page-turner! Reading is a magnificent human invention--and, it turns out, a cognitive miracle to boot.
My son is dyslexic and how reading is (and isn't) taught in schools is very important. In my contacts with other homeschooling families i find that reading is taught by phonics and this may be what makes the difference. Seidenberg's book to anyone int... Read More
Reading is what helps students read accurately and fluently with comprehension. Much needed in the field of literacy and education.
Cons
The pseudo-history of writing at the beginning of the book is the best part, though it is not very thorough or helpful to educators or researchers. The writing at some point becomes opaque.
Much of his dissatisfaction with the current model of teacher education—which is admittedly imperfect—seems to rest on an ideological rather than a scientific foundation.
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Quality
A must for parents of dyslexics who want to arm themselves against fake science and fantastic claims made to pick your pocket
Great background building read for anyone working with children who struggle to read
”while much of the highly advertised material is poor there’s no reason to ignore programs that thoroughly teach phonics any on... Read More
Silent e job 6 adds weight gives a short but substantive word more weight as with awe are ewe rye and owe
Packaging/appearance
On time clean copy as advertised and wanted
Competitiveness
But while this one is somewhat more technical the science is fresher and seidenberg does a better job integrating multiple area... Read More
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- This product had a total of 511 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 12 2024.
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No wonder her eyes were darting all over the page trying to pick up cues instead of focusing on sounding out letters
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I am a parent of school aged children and after coming across the podcast and this book i realize i had no clear idea about how reading “instruction” is taking place in our schools
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This was recommended by a speaker i heard
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A first step would be to take mark seidenbergs advice
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Ive already used some of the background knowledge for the students i tutor in reading and phonics
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Way too often the kids who need to read the most dont like reading
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Text leaves out a lot of information about sound such as pitch timing and loudness
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We can figure out the meaning of what we read because we can fill in the missing information most of the time without it being part of the written system
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