S7 E7 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You Read more… Mar 15, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, learning to read, english teaching, spelling, teaching spelling, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, intervention, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 19 min read 1269 views
S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels Read more… Nov 23, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, reading, learning to read, text selection, teaching children to read, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, Authentic texts, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 918 views
S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning Read more… Nov 9, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, teach grammar, teach writing, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, reluctant writers, writing difficulty, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, english teaching, text based learning, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, decision making, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 1001 views
S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study? Read more… Sep 28, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, reading, text selection, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, Managing Wellbeing, developing as a leader, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, student & teacher 26 min read 4491 views
Tuesday Tip - #2 Affirmed Students are Engaged Students Read more… Oct 1, 2024 05:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, teaching, teaching reading, literacy, learning to read, text based learning, engagement & motivation 2 min read 1036 views
Tuesday Tip - #1 Manage Your Own Response Read more… Sep 24, 2024 05:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, teaching, teaching reading, literacy, learning to read, text based learning, engagement & motivation 1 min read 1123 views
S4 Ep4 - Connecting Explicit Teaching and Engagement in Years 3 to 6 Spelling Read more… Sep 15, 2024 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Explicit teaching, morphology, spelling, teaching spelling, literacy podcast, structured literacy, engagement & explicit instruction 10 min read 1719 views
S3 Ep13 - How to Engage Reluctant Students in the Classroom Read more… Apr 28, 2024 07:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, writing, helping struggling readers, Struggling readers, classroom communication, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, structured literacy, engagement, motivation, performance, reading, skills, student, task & teacher 12 min read 2020 views