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Brutal takedown of reading policy in Wales and Scotland, as Northern Ireland looks to change course with its new strategy based around phonics.

@kathyrastle.bsky.social makes several important (and apparently still necessary) observations about the evidence on reading.

www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

Well this is depressing. New study shows that many learning strategies used by students are not effective and what's worse is that in some cases, they are being recommended by their teachers. Important work by @drrwatkins.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️ mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

What are the 3 most effective & useful learning strategies supported by research?

🧠Retrieval practice or quizzing
📅Spaced practice
✏️Combining visuals & language

Get in touch if you would like to know more about professional learning informed by research enquiries@impact.wales

What great listeners ACTUALLY do. How are your supporting pupils with these different levels of learning?

www.impact.wales

One of the things that keeps me going back to Twitter is that I get fairly regular DMs on there asking me for advice about reading.

Just to be clear: I am more than happy for people to DM on here for the same reason.

Please repost this if you think this info might be useful to someone.

Anita Archer

🟢What if everyone, student and teacher, had a solid foundation on which to expand their knowledge of English?
Start here: thatspellingthing.com/creating-a-c... 3/3