The Elegance of Frequency: Seeing Results with Story Reading As you teach your child the 1000 most common words in English using the Teach Your Children to Read Well program, you will want to know the rate and accuracy at which your child is learning.
The Elegance of Frequency: Seeing Results with Word Lists As you teach your child the 1000 most common words in English using the Teach Your Children to Read Well program, you will want to know the rate and accuracy at which your child is learning. We will use fluency checks as a measure of his or her performance and of your teaching. After eachContinue reading “The Elegance of Frequency: Seeing Results with Word Lists”
A Critical, Simple, Almost Never Used, Measure of Academic Performance Whether you are a teacher, homeschooler or therapist, when we teach, we want to know that our teaching has been successful. Whether it is at the kitchen table, in a classroom, a withdrawal special ed program or a therapy session, we want to know that our teaching had an effect, made a difference, was worthContinue reading “A Critical, Simple, Almost Never Used, Measure of Academic Performance”
How Common Human Frequencies Affect Learning: One Concrete Example of a Fundamental Academic Skill Much of what students do in school on a day-to-day basis involves using a pen, marker or pencil. The productivity of students in their use of these tools varies widely. Humans can create 150 to 160 legible characters or numerals per minute. Sometimes students are far from being able to write letters or numbers atContinue reading “How Common Human Frequencies Affect Learning: One Concrete Example of a Fundamental Academic Skill”
Using Frequency to Assess a Student’s Reading Performance How fast do you walk, speak, read or breathe? How long have you been walking, speaking, reading and breathing? And you donât know? â¦. Interesting.
Case Study: 2 Grade Levels in 36 Hours Introduction: Working With Foster Children In March, 2008, my learning centre, QLC Educational Services, was contacted by the Highland Shores CAS to determine if we could assist 11 foster children in their care who were thought to have reading problems and as a result, were behind in school.
