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The Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction

Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research

Offering a neutral analysis of educational research, author Nathaniel Hansford provides a crash course on the science behind reading and writing instruction. This book empowers teachers to confidently make evidence-informed instructional decisions.

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Learn how to interpret, parse, and better engage with educational research
Review and examine comprehensive summaries of pivotal research on literacy instruction
Understand the evolution of continuing historical debates on effective literacy instruction
Examine meta-analyses to critically evaluate popular teaching methods
Evaluate the effectiveness of the most common literacy teaching methods

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Part 1: Understanding Educational Research
Chapter 1: How to Understand the Types of Educational Research
Chapter 2: How to Read and Interpret Educational Research
Chapter 3: The Five Scientific Principles of Teaching
Part 2: Exploring Research on Reading Instruction
Chapter 4: Phonemic Awareness
Chapter 5: Advanced Phonemic Awareness Instructio
Chapter 6: The Reading Wars
Chapter 7: Phonics Scope and Sequence
Chapter 8: Morphology
Chapter 9: Fluency
Chapter 10: Comprehension
Chapter 11: Reading Comprehension and the Dose Effect
Chapter 12: Secondary Meta-Analyses on Reading Comprehension
Part 3: Exploring Research on Writing Instruction
Chapter 13: The Reading-Writing Connection
Chapter 14: Handwriting
Chapter 15: Spelling
Chapter 16: Writing
Part 4: Examining the Nuances of Literacy Instruction Debates
Chapter 17: Linguistic Phonics
Chapter 18: Decodable Texts
Chapter 19: Sight Words
Chapter 20: Sound Walls
Chapter 21: Embedded Mnemonics
Chapter 22: Multisensory Phonics Instruction
Part 5: Reviewing Practical Recommendations for the Classroom
Chapter 23: Secondary Meta-Analysis on Literacy Instruction Research
Chapter 24: Support for Striving Readers and Writers
Epilogue: Putting It All Together