Filing taxes is soooo much fun. Yes, I’m being sarcastic. In this context, I was using sarcasm to be funny (Did it work? Please say “yes!”); in other contexts, sarcasm can be used to criticize. Melanie Glenwright, Brent Tapley, Jacqueline Rano, and Penny Pexman have uncovered some important information about the complex process of interpreting…
Tag: language
Providing multiple examples during vocabulary instruction can promote retention of target words
Does size matter? YES! According to Jessica Aguilar, Elena Plante, and Michelle Sandoval, size does matter when it comes to the set of different examples provided to young children during vocabulary instruction. They worked with 4-5-year-olds with specific language impairment. One group received vocabulary instruction of nouns with a single object corresponding to each word,…
Reading Comprehension is not a “single ability” but rather a skill set dependent upon the reader, text, and task… now what to do about it
This brainy bit packs a whole lot of punch. It’s based on Teresa Ukrainetz’s response to articles by Alan Kamhi and Hugh Catts (see references below) in which they drive home the idea that reading comprehension is multi-faceted and that approaches to intervention should be tailored to the reader, the text (linguistic structure/content), and the…
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