Useful Internet Links
Below are some useful resources gleaned from the Net:
The Institute for Literacy and Learning http://www.theinstituteforliteracyandlearning.org/library.php Free US Department of Education publications. More than 6,000 titles on education: literacy, maths, etchttp://www.edpubs.ed.gov Videos on Direct Instruction on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNawzsbmj6c Florida's Statewide Professional Development Provider for Reading: Lots of research and reports http://flare.ucf.edu/FLaRE_Research.htm A series of PowerPoint presentations from the Illinois School Psychologists Association on issues in literacy instructionhttp://www.ilispa.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=57 Reading and the BrainHosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child's brain is wired from birth.
http://www.readingrockets.org/shows/watch#brain Lots of downloadable tip sheets on teaching, and behaviour managementhttp://specialed.about.com/popular.htm TEXT PROJECT: Bringing the right texts to beginning readers http://www.textproject.org/ Visual cognition lab videos http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/djs_lab/demos.html Powers of ten demonstration http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html Free Infant-Toddler language and early literacy activities http://www.walearning.com Eminent researcher Keith Stanovich’s site has numerous articles on reading research and on rationality/critical thinking http://leo.oise.utoronto.ca/~kstanovich/reading.html# Raising Children Network http://raisingchildren.net.au/ Video on poor class management at http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?q=classroom+misbehavior&docid=-4987331934932953225&num=10&so=0&start=20 Best Evidence Encyclopedia http://www.bestevidence.org/about/about.htmThe Best Evidence Encyclopedia is a free web site created by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) under funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. It is intended to give educators and researchers fair and useful information about the strength of the evidence supporting a variety of programs available for students in grades K-12.
Video of how we perform the daily 1-minute timings of reading in a DI classroom. First you will see is a simple three-person walk-though demonstration of the procedure. Next is the entire classroom as it is executed on a daily basis. This is a 5th grade class in Reading Mastery 6 but the same procedure is done in all grades.
http://www.charterdayschool.com/new/resourcefiles/Reading Triads_0001.wmv Video clips BBC Newsnight videos show how Ruth Miskin's synthetic phonic programme was used to 'turn around' reading at Britannia Village primary school.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4700537.stmFinal Report (Newsnight 17/07/06) The school has moved from the bottom to the top of the school league tables in just two years!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_5180000/newsid_5189600/bb_rm_5189694.stmDebbie Hepplewhite, Ruth Miskin, Dr Dominic Wyse and Katy Kowalskadiscuss synthetic phonics:www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=59957&transmissionProgrammeId=275080
http://JPschool.notlong.com This Teachers' TV programme focuses on Brooklands School’s teaching of Jolly Phonics, which has lead to Ofsted commending its pupils for achieving outstanding progress in English.www.midsomernorton.bathnes.sch.uk/phonics.htm Video clips of children doing the Jolly Phonics sounds and actions The What Works Clearing House lists Reading Mastery as one of the programs with research to document its effectiveness with English Language Learners. See
http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/InterventionReportLinks.asp?iid=258&tid=10&pg=IntRating.asp Video on sloppy maths teaching (Everyday maths) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI Video on DI http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/video# The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8. Provide technical assistance that strengthens capacity to help students with disabilities effectively learn in the general education curriculum. Lots of valuable material
http://www.k8accesscenter.org The IRIS Center materials on education. They have many modules across a range of issues, such as general education, special education. They also have four modules on behavior management. Go to
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/onlinemodules.html/ MIT's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. It is a publication of MIT course materials, and does not require any registration
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/about-ocw.htm RecognitionandResponse.org is a comprehensive online resource that provides educators with information about this cutting edge approach to early education. This site offers information and resources to help early educators address the needs of young children (3 to 5 year-olds) who show signs that they may not be learning in an expected manner, even before they begin kindergarten. Established by the National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.recognitionandresponse.org/
Best Evidence Encyclopedia Which educational programs have been successfully evaluated in valid scientific research? The Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, has created a free website called the Best Evidence Encyclopedia
http://www.bestevidence.org/ The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice and its research fellows have collaborated with several journals to produce articles on timely and relevant topics regarding children and youth with behavioral and emotional difficulties.
http://cecp.air.org/resources/journals/Journal.asp The Partnership for Reading website offers a database containing abstracts of approximately 460 research studies related to the teaching of reading in grades K-3.
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading Harnessing The Scientific Spirit To Improve Learning 2005 A series of podcasts. Education is becoming more scientific. Today, the use of rigorous scientific methods to establish a body of credible knowledge about how children learn, how teachers might best teach different kinds of children, and how schools might best be organized is emerging.
http://www.centerforcsri.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=84 Successful Programs For Children and Families. The Promising Practices Network (PPN) provides quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, families, and communities.
http://www.promisingpractices.net/ National Center on Student Progress Monitoring http://www.studentprogress.org/default.asp Classic EBD Literature: http://EBDBlog.com/2005/10/12/classic-ebd-literature/ Classic LD Literature: http://LDBlog.com/2005/10/12/classic-ld-literature/ Classic Teaching Literature: http://TeachEffectively.com/2005/10/12/classic-teaching-literature/ Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network http://www.cllrnet.ca/ The University of Kansas Special Connections site: http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/index.phpInstructional and behavioural strategies to assist special students to thrive in general classrooms.
National Education Association - resources full of practical tips and tools to get your classroom in order.
http://www.nea.org/neatodayextra/discipline.html This website is based on the ARCS, a study that assessed the reading of 955 adult learners. Researchers tested participants individually on eleven skills (components) that contribute to reading ability.
http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/Index2001.htm If a file is too big to email, place it and the recipient’s address on
http://www.yousendit.com. A free service.
Free online courses that help prepare you for an active role in adult and family literacy programs. http://www.literacycampus.org/course/index.asp Review of available technology tools used for K-8 math instruction by the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) at
http://www.citeducation.org/default.asp A school that uses Mediated Learning, Precision Teaching, and Direct Instruction to bring about learning results. http://www.learningincentive.com A site with plenty of abstracts of research papers on reading. http://www.citeulike.org/user/garyfeng Siegfried (Zig) Engelmann’s site with articles on instruction by the maestro http://www.zigsite.com/ An extensive site from the University of Indiana with much information on reading development, its assessment, and methods of teaching. http://www.indstate.edu/soe/blumberg/reading/ A large and well constructed site with a collection of resources and articles related to educational reform in literacy and related topics. http://www.illinoisloop.org The CEC Alerts series (
http://teacheffectively.com/) is an initiative of the Council for Exceptional Children. The site offers evaluations of various approaches. They recommend some activities as well supported - GO FOR IT: Phonological Awareness instruction, Class-wide Peer Tutoring, Mnemonic Instruction, Formative Evaluation, Direct Instruction. They are less enamoured by the research behind other activities - USE CAUTION: Social Skills Instruction, Reading Recovery, Co-Teaching, High-Stakes Assessment
Various links regarding reading writing, spelling: http://ettc.colstate.edu/ram/webliography.htm Martin Kozloff’s brilliant or crazy musings http://educationation.org/ For psychological assessment issues: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests.htm Sharon Sewell’s Direct Instruction site http://www.mps.k12.al.us/board/cai/is/di/index.php The Centre for Development and Learning (CDL) specializes in the development and dissemination of leading edge research, knowledge, training and best practices from diverse yet related fields that impact educational success. "To my knowledge, CDL is the only organization worldwide that is working to connect knowledge from the medical, psychological, educational and judicial fields to multiply the benefits to children." --Michael Fullan, Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
http://www.cdl.org/resources/reading_room.html Bruce Murray, distinguished researcher, has how to teach reading articles at http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/ 55th International Dyslexia Association Conference (2004 Philadelphia) notes at:http://www.interdys.org/servlet/compose?section_id=5&page_id=214 The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) is one of seventeen divisions of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), an organisation dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. The Division for Early Childhood promotes polices and advances evidence-based practices that support families and enhance the optimal development of young children who have or are at risk for developmental delays and disabilities. Numerous resources, best practices and bibliographies at
http://www.dec-sped.org/aboutdec.html Children of the Code. Great interviews with eminent researchers about the scientific approach to reading at
http://www.childrenofthecode.org/interviews/index.htm A Model of Teacher Effectiveness. A report by Hay McBer to the Department for Education and Employment - June 2000
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=1487 Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Education. The EPPI-Centre was established in 1993 to address the need for a systematic approach to the organisation and review of evidence-based work on social interventions. See articles at
http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.NRDC is the national centre dedicated to research and development on adult literacy, language and numeracy. It was established as part of Skills for Life, the national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills. Articles at
http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=424 Institute for Human and Machine CognitionBibliography on concept maps and concept mapping at
http://www.ihmc.us Three randomization plan generators at
http://www.randomization.com/ On Jim Wright’s page there are numerous resources:
Kids as Reading Helpers: A Peer Tutor Training Manual at
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/prtutor/peerTutorManual.pdf Launching & Monitoring the Peer Tutoring Program http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/prtutor/prtutor_chap3.pdf Curriculum-Based Measurement: A Manual for Teachers at
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/cbaManual.pdf Curriculum-Based Measurement Workshop Participant Packet http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/brouge/cbaWkshpPacket.PDF The Savvy Teacher’s Guide: Reading Interventions That Workhttp://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/brouge/rdngManual.PDF Intervention Central This site offers free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviours and foster effective learning for children and youth.
http://www.interventioncentral.org/ Research and Training Center (RTC) on Early Childhood DevelopmentThe major aim of the Research and Training Center (RTC) on Early Childhood Development is to implement a coordinated and advanced program of applied research on knowledge and practice that improves interventions associated with the healthy mental, behavioral, communication, preliteracy, social-emotional, and interpersonal development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with or at risk for developmental disabilities. Carl Dunst provides easy to read summaries of the evidence behind different nontraditional approaches such as, dolphin therapy, hippotherapy, melonic intonation therapy, and so forth. There are also several very useful documents that define "evidence-based practices." See at
http://www.researchtopractice.info/products.php#bridges