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Young children face many hurdles that they need to overcome. Getting over one leads to another. The hurdles come in succession, one after another. Some hurdles are more important than others. They are not all equal in their level of […]
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Just after Labor Day I did some purging of books and papers (not easy for me). I know that common wisdom is to throw out old books, particularly in your field, because, “How relevant can that old stuff be and […]
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“It is essential to begin a remedial program at a level, and with specific tasks that are easy enough so that successful performance is virtually certain.” (Harris & Sipay, 1980) That quote was from nearly 40 years ago! […]
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In my previous blog post, I talked about one of my favorite “old school” concepts still valuable, but not discussed enough – The Stages of Reading development. All children pass through these stages, but some progress more smoothly than others. […]
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There are three “old school” concepts in education and psychology that I think still apply, which I hope to discuss over the next few weeks. Probably a day does not go by in my professional practice where I am applying […]