Ep. 160: Back to School: Understanding Reading Research with Neena Saha

Ever wondered how to navigate the complex world of reading research as an educator? Get ready for a great conversation with education researcher Neena Saha, who reveals the role of science in education and the importance of pseudoscience in developing theories. We delve into the significance of meta-analyses and discuss the need for caution when using this method.  Neena then shares some current reading research with us!

Resources

• SamePage Reading Facebook Group
• MetaMetrics’ Reading Research Recap  
• Join the Reading Research mailing list
• The Reading League Journal
• The Reading League recording on what teachers need to know about “how science works” (skip to 1 hour, 40 min)
• Meta-Analysis Review
• Robert Slavin’s Blogs
  • In Meta-Analyses, Weak Inclusion Standards Lead to Misleading Conclusions. Here’s Proof.
  • How Can You Tell When The Findings of a Meta-Analysis Are Likely to Be Valid?
  • Meta-Analysis and Its Discontents 
• Criticisms of Meta-Analysis (but also great rebuttals) 
• Morphology Recent Research Studies
  • Executive Functions and Morphological Awareness Explain the Shared Variance between Word Reading and Listening Comprehension
  • Effects of Target Age and Genre on Morphological Complexity in Children’s Reading Material
  • Contrasting Direct Instruction in Morphological Decoding and Morphological Inquiry-Analysis Interventions in Grade 3 Children With Poor Morphological Awareness
• Fluency Recent Research Study
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Readers’ Theatre impact on the development of reading skills
• Comprehension Recent Research Study 
  • Elementary Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching Reading Comprehension 

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