ANSWER: Grades 3-5 in Elementary School. If we know this, are we doing everything we can to help students emotionally and socially in these grades? There are many pressures that converge on the 3-5th grade (see The 3rd Grade Wall), and developmentally, it is a...
Research: Classroom Culture Matters – Effects on Reading Performance [Premium]
In the latest issue of the Journal of Learning Disabilities, researchers from Harvard and Greece found that classroom culture, and in particular LD students’ perceptions of their classrooms motivational framework had sudden, significant, and unpredictable effects on reading performance and students’ emotional state. From the authors: “The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the […]
Dyslexia = Grit
A Penn Professor's book is currently winging its way around the Internet: Grit - the Power of Passion and Perseverance - with its talented author Angela Duckworth making the rounds around popular media outlets. With interest, I looked clicked on a link to a popular...
Dyslexia – How to Thrive
"Self-esteem is not an internal quality fed by easy success and diminished by failure. It is a positive way of experiencing yourself when you are fully engaged and are using your ability to the utmost in pursuit of something of value." - Dr. Carol Dweck, Stanford...
The Wisdom of Pooh and Dyslexia
"You are braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh's advice is smarter than we may think when it comes to encouraging young readers. What's better than reading intervention and working memory...
Eye to Eye Summer Camp in New York – Dyslexia LD ADHD
What's a great mentoring summer camp for students with dyslexia, LD, and ADHD? Camp Eye to Eye. I had a nice chance to chat with Micah Goldfus about Camp Eye to Eye in beautiful Rockland County, New York. Check what Camp Eye to Eye has to offer in the video below....
MIT Professor: What Every Person with Dyslexia Should Know – The Full Story
Superstar MIT Professor Catherine Drennan (HHMI Scientist too - the top of the top in the world) shared her personal journey with dyslexia. She was in remedial classes and had to repeat a grade, and saw her self dropped lower and lower through all the reading groups,...