SLC Scott

Why do we teach the idea of "regression to the mean"? It seems to me that doing so actually encourages the gambler's fallacy. 1/2

I’m looking for courses or resources that can help academically talented college-aged readers who learned to read with cueing methods to improve the accuracy of their reading skills, and would appreciate any suggestions the BlueSky community might have. Details below. 🧵 1/11

So I’m looking for something like that, but instead of teaching how to read faster, it teaches how to read with higher accuracy. I’d welcome any suggestions or leads any of you might have! 10/11

I’m looking for courses or resources that can help academically talented college-aged readers who learned to read with cueing methods to improve the accuracy of their reading skills, and would appreciate any suggestions the BlueSky community might have. Details below. 🧵 1/11

Almost everyone, regardless of how they were taught, uses at lease a little cueing: that’s why many people who read “Paris in the the spring” will miss the extra “the.” But if someone was taught using cueing methods, that issue is more severe. 8/11

I’m looking for courses or resources that can help academically talented college-aged readers who learned to read with cueing methods to improve the accuracy of their reading skills, and would appreciate any suggestions the BlueSky community might have. Details below. 🧵 1/11

But cueing is much more problematic for a test comprising short passages followed by multiple choice questions. If an answer choice says “Because Cl has high electropositivity” when they expect it to say “Because Cl has high electronegativity,” cueing can cause them to read it incorrectly. 6/11

I’m looking for courses or resources that can help academically talented college-aged readers who learned to read with cueing methods to improve the accuracy of their reading skills, and would appreciate any suggestions the BlueSky community might have. Details below. 🧵 1/11

I work with pre-med students preparing for the MCAT (the admissions test for US and Canadian medical schools). Many of these students learned reading by the cueing method. They are now academic stars with strong grades. Some participate in scientific research, and have coauthored papers. 4/11

I’m looking for courses or resources that can help academically talented college-aged readers who learned to read with cueing methods to improve the accuracy of their reading skills, and would appreciate any suggestions the BlueSky community might have. Details below. 🧵 1/11

Cueing methods of learning to read have been used for years, but there’s considerable scholarship suggesting they’re less effective than traditional phonics or whole-word methods, and can even reduce the effectiveness of other techniques when used in combination with them. 2/11