Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction

Literacy instruction is a vast and ever-changing field. Distilling decades of research on reading and writing into an expedient and practical guide, educator and author Nathaniel Hansford provides an indispensable resource for educators who want to understand the science behind literacy and empower their own teaching. Gain a reliable and objective, evidence-based overview of what's truly effective for improving student literacy outcomes. K 12 teachers and administrators can use this book to:Learn how to interpret, parse, and better engage with educational researchReview and examine comprehensive summaries of pivotal research on literacy instructionUnderstand the evolution of continuing historical debates on effective literacy instructionExamine meta-analyses to critically evaluate popular teaching methods Evaluate the effectiveness of the most common literacy teaching methods Contents:IntroductionPart 1: Understanding Educational ResearchChapter 1: How to Understand the Types of Educational ResearchChapter 2: How to Read and Interpret Educational ResearchChapter 3: The Scientific Principles of TeachingPart 2: Exploring Research on Reading InstructionChapter 4: Phonemic AwarenessChapter 5: Advanced Phonemic Awareness InstructionChapter 6: The Reading WarsChapter 7: Phonics Scope and SequenceChapter 8: MorphologyChapter 9: FluencyChapter 10: ComprehensionChapter 11: Reading Comprehension and the Dose EffectChapter 12: Secondary Meta-Analyses on Reading ComprehensionPart 3: Exploring Research on Writing InstructionChapter 13: The Reading-Writing ConnectionChapter 14: HandwritingChapter 15: SpellingChapter 16: WritingPart 4: Examining the Nuances of Literacy Instruction DebatesChapter 17: Linguistic PhonicsChapter 18: Decodable TextsChapter 19: Sight WordsChapter 20: Sound WallsChapter 21: Embedded MnemonicsChapter 22: Multisensory Phonics InstructionPart 5: Reviewing Practical Recommendations for the ClassroomChapter 23: Secondary Meta-Analysis on Literacy Instruction ResearchChapter 24: Support for Striving Readers and WritersEpilogue: Putting It All TogetherGlossaryReferences and ResourcesIndex