The Gap Between The Science On Kids And Reading,...
The Gap Between The Science On Kids And Reading, And How It Is Taught : NPR Ed : NPR https://t.co/r8de3yF3BB
February 14, 2018
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The Gap Between The Science On Kids And Reading, And How It Is Taught
Mark Seidenberg is not the first researcher to reach the stunning conclusion that only a third of the nation's schoolchildren read at grade level. The reasons are numerous, but one that Seidenberg cites over and over again is this: The way kids are taught to read in school is disconnected from the latest research, namely how language and speech actually develop in a child's brain.