“Reading Comprehension Cannot Be Taught It is not a transferable skill.” — Terry Marselle Reading Comprehension Copy Share Image
“In Finland, children do not start formal instruction until grade 1 when they are 7. Pre-school and kindergarten are part of their… — Terry Marselle Art form Copy Share Image
“those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others.” — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings,” wrote Paul. “Brain science shows this claim… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Refrain from giving background context or substantial instructional guidance at the outset. It may make sense to notify students that the short… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Fluency CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.4: Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. *author’s note – This is an amazingly blunt statement as well as an… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“when you control for poverty, the students in the U.S. outperform nearly every nation across the globe on these same tests.” — Terry Marselle Poverty Copy Share Image
“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“quantitative evidence that teaching children to read from age five is not likely to make that child any more successful at reading… — Terry Marselle Children Copy Share Image
“secondary ELA (English Language Arts) teachers are keenly aware of what “close reading” and the ratio of what the fiction to non-fiction… — Terry Marselle Art Copy Share Image
“item 5. It is also beyond the scope of the Standards to define the full range of supports appropriate for English language… — Terry Marselle English language Copy Share Image
“Practicing reading strategies ad nauseam doesn’t confer any particular advantage. Data are hard to find on just how much time is spent… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Children (or adults) do not/cannot learn while under stress.” — Terry Marselle Children Copy Share Image
“Since the vast majority of factors affecting test scores occur outside school, test scores are poor measures of school quality, teacher quality… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“But teaching students to ask that question, independent of subject matter knowledge, won’t do much good.” — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“Author’s note: what is “close reading? The short answer: without context. Before” — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Even more so than learning to read, learning mathematics particularly requires that mastery of basic skills and knowledge occur first.” — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“The negative impact chronic absenteeism has on school success is increased because students who are chronically absent in one year are often… — Terry Marselle Six months Copy Share Image
“The promoters of the standards claim they are based in research. They are not. There is no convincing research, for example, showing… — Terry Marselle Science Copy Share Image
“There are significant differences among children who are becoming fluent in English that will influence how they learn English. These include the… — Terry Marselle Children Copy Share Image
“We tend to teach comprehension as a series of “reading strategies” that can be practiced and mastered. Unfortunately it really doesn’t work… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Transitioning from their first language to English before they have a firm grasp of their first language, usually by the end of… — Terry Marselle Long run Copy Share Image
“Common Core is the debilitating effect of the de-emphasis on knowledge gathering for its own sake. That is, in favor of skill… — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
