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S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels
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Nov 23, 2025 08:00am
By Jocelyn Seamer
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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
377 views
S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning
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Nov 9, 2025 08:00am
By Jocelyn Seamer
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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
591 views
S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule
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Oct 12, 2025 08:00am
By Jocelyn Seamer
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education,
Evidence based practice,
reading instruction,
evidence based instruction,
teaching,
teaching reading,
Evidence based teaching practice,
Teaching of reading,
Explicit teaching,
Maximise student achievement,
Reading assessment,
Assessment,
explicit instruction,
phonological and phonemic awareness,
phonemic skills,
text selection,
teaching children to read,
morphology,
Phonics,
change management,
change process,
vocabulary,
literacy podcast,
science of reading &
structured literacy
20 min read
544 views
S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study?
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Sep 28, 2025 08:00am
By Jocelyn Seamer
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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
2028 views