Words, Concepts, and Complex Text
The recording of a webinar Freddy presented for MA teachers and educational leaders on May 10, 2013
Webinars
77sec on Text Complexity: What is the Difference Between Accessible and Dumbed-down Texts?
Freddy talks about three key features that are seen in dumbed-down texts.
77 sec on Text Complexity: What Makes A Text Complex?
Many features–including topic and author’s style. But the variable that consistently predicts reading comprehension is vocabulary. Remember that the core vocabulary accounts for at least… Read More »77 sec on Text Complexity: What Makes A Text Complex?
77 sec on Text Complexity: What are good books to use with beginning readers?
Books for beginning readers should have a set of repeated, concrete words. Children, like adults, learn concrete words more readily than abstract words. At the… Read More »77 sec on Text Complexity: What are good books to use with beginning readers?
Key Shifts in Assessment and Instruction Related to CCSS-ELA
Dr. Karen K. Wixson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Wixson presents on the upcoming assessments. She takes a close look at the sample questions and discusses the different question formats.
Informational Text and the CCSS: Pitfalls and Potential
Dr. Nell K. Duke, University of Michigan
Dr. Duke presents the pitfalls and potentials of the CCSS as it relates to informational texts. She explains the differences between previous and current definitions for key words used in the CCSS.
Using Quantitative Measures of Text Complexity in Classroom Instruction: What’s Appropriate? What’s Not?
Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert, TextProject & the University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Hiebert presents information on using quantitative measures in the new Common Core Assessments.
Common Core State Standards and Education Policy
Dr. Timothy Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Shanahan identifies tasks which states and districts must undertake to successfully implement the English/Language Arts Common Core standards.
Research and the Common Core: Can the Romance Survive?
Dr. P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
This presentation considers the research foundations of the Common Core State Standards, especially as it pertains to comprehension.
77 sec on Text Complexity: What is Core Vocabulary?
Freddy presents 77 seconds on core vocabulary. What is it and how can the words be organized to help students read complex text?