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Misunderstandings of the Science of Reading
By Sharon Vaughn and Nathan Clemens

The Reading League Journal
Fall 2024

Nathan Clemens Bio
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Special Education
NATHAN CLEMENS, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Clemens’ research and teaching focuses on improving instruction and intervention for students with reading difficulties or dyslexia in preschool through adolescence. More specifically, his work is aimed at improving teachers’ use of assessment data to better understand their students’ progress, and to help them align and individualize evidence-based interventions with their students’ unique learning needs in order to promote stronger outcomes. Dr. Clemens is also interested in research that seeks to better understand interventions and key practices that are effective for students with the most intensive learning difficulties. He earned a Ph.D. in school psychology from Lehigh University.

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Two for LEADERS (Principals/District Administrators) 🎖️
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Two points of important information from the research article or something newsworthy!
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Evidence-based Answers to Questions About Decodable and Leveled Books with Dr. Devin Kearns

We ask Dr. Kearns to clarify misunderstandings about “pairing” decodables with leveled books. Is there evidence to suggest that leveled books offer richer narratives and vocabulary to enhance students’ language exposure?

Research Article:

“Text Types and Their Relation to Efficacy in Beginning Reading Interventions”

Alia Pugh, Devin M. Kearns, Elfrieda H. Hiebert

First published: 22 June 2023

https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rrq.513

Devin Kearns Bio:

Devin is an associate professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He is a research scientist for Haskins Laboratories and the Center for Behavioral Education & Research (CBER). Devin Kearns, Ph.D. is an education researcher who studies reading disabilities including dyslexia. He designs and tests reading interventions and works with teachers and schools to implement them.

https://www.devinkearns.org/

“How to Pair Decodable Texts with Leveled Books”

Michele Dufresne

(Sponsored blog content)

https://readingrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Pairing-Decodable-text-blog.pdf

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