reading instruction
I am frequently asked why the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD) conducts and supports research in reading,
given that the NICHD is part of the National Institutes
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That method is called decoding, the shorthand word for the
scientifically tested techniques for teaching children the
relationships between symbols and sounds, often just called
phonics. Reformers have fought for generations to have decoding
skills taught systematically and directly, but schools of
education will have none of it. Instead, the education establishment prefers to teach
beginning readers to guess at the identification of a written
word using its context -- the so-called whole-language approach.
The people who run education schools hate the “code” because
they say it requires a repetition of boring exercises -- “drill
and kill” -- turning children off and discouraging them from
“reading with meaning.” There has never been evidence for this
view, however.
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