EDCI 32500- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 235 pages long!)

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Educ-Curric & Instruction
• Course: EDCI 32500
• Professor: Professor Boes

Document Summary

Misrepresentation of nrc report: while there was strong research based evidence for the five areas for teaching reading, the report did not mean to exclude the other important aspects of literacy learning. Five pillar model: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comprehension. Co(cid:373)prehe(cid:374)sio(cid:374) is the (cid:862)pedi(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:374)ot a pillar: while there was strong research based evidence for the five areas for teaching reading, the report did not mean to exclude the other important aspects of literacy learning. Why did this happen: the panel was mandated to only examine research having a broad empirical base (was conducted through direct observation or experience) This excluded hundreds of reputable studies and the knowledge teachers have from years of experience teaching children literacy skills: publishers latched onto the idea of the five pillars and quickly began creating materials and marketing these to schools. Jean piaget: epistemologist-someone who studies the nature and beginning of knowledge, was interested in children and their thought processes.