Learning to Read, Reading to Learn

The Short and the Long of It: Hooked on Phonics

During the period of Whole Language when classroom teachers had a seat at the policy table for a brief shining moment—a folding chair, but a seat, I was…

May 8 •

Terry Underwood

Univocality and Civility in Scientific Writing: A Return to Sense Making

“[To stop] the reading wars, a good first step would be addressing the term itself. Terminologist Riggs (1993) noted that the… use of [the term reading…

May 4 •

Terry Underwood

The Conceptual Fallacy

Logical fallacies are often aptly named—hasty generalization, faulty assumption, straw man, false analogy, begging the question, red herring, etc…

Apr 30 •

Terry Underwood

Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper

Eroded Trust

Apr 22 •

Terry Underwood

Reframing Sentences: ChatGPTTurbo and Feedback at the Level of Syntax

Revising texts to increase or decrease a readability score expressed as a grade level has its problems. This thankless job requires word by word…

Apr 13 •

Terry Underwood

Readability Assessment: Lessons from the Fence

I was hoping to evoke some subscriber discussion in an earlier post about the following paragraph, the opening paragraph of The Sound and the Fury by…

Apr 13 •

Terry Underwood

Three Images: Novel Introductions

Do Not View This Post If You Plan to Complete the Handrail Survey in “Readability and the Novel.” After You Complete the Survey View This Post If You…

Apr 11 •

Terry Underwood

Readability and the Novel

Background to the Task Since Alexander Bain adopted the four-part division of written discourse in his influential composition textbook in the 19th…

Apr 11 •

Terry Underwood

Learning to Read, Reading to Learn

This journal aims to comment on claims, questions, and concerns about public schools as sites for reading and writing pedagogy. As a teacher and professor, I draw on my background and experience and offer food for thought. My hope is to help schools.

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