Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 13: Growing Bookworms, Academic Retention, Reading Logs + More
September 13, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #CharterSchools, #CriticalThinking, #Dyslexia, #GraphicNovels, #GrowingBookworms, #GrowthMindset, #HigherEd, #homework, #iGen, #JoyOfReading, #PoliticalCorrectness, #ReadingLogs, #SummerSlide, libraries, publishing, schools, teachers, and writing.
Top Tweet of the Week
The Most Powerful Way To Instill – And Keep – A #LoveOfReading – Good recommendations from @Kateywrites at All The Wonders ow.ly/Toof30pvtPe #parenting
Book Lists
#PictureBooks that Spark Joy and Encourage #Play | #BookReviews + #BookList from @kegancunningham ow.ly/2m2h30pvtRb
Children's #GraphicNovels with No Violence that are still action-packed | #BookList from @momandkiddo https://t.co/dQCkHoPrlv?amp=1
Magical #MiddleGrade #GraphicNovels that Celebrate the Weirdness of Growing Up | @emsteinkellner @BookishHQ ow.ly/c9xd30pupTx via @tashrow
Events + Literacy Programs
Get ready for the UK's National #LibrariesWeek by Dawn Finch @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/TSCm30puDLQ | #Library facts + links | #DigitalLiteracy
Growing Bookworms
NYT editor @PamelaPaulNYT shares tips from her latest book on ‘How to Raise a Reader’ | @WTOP via @MrsPstorytime ow.ly/CzwG30pw801 | #GrowingBookworms #IntrinsicRewards
Reading Their Way! Upside Down is Totally Okay. @TheReadingTub makes the case for letting toddlers hold the book however they like, to cultivate #JoyOfReading ow.ly/RU5r30pw845
A reminder from @ClareLandrigan that A #Reading Life Is Not Linear. Teachers need to accept detours along students' paths to #JoyOfReading ow.ly/5vTm30pvtXq @nerdybookclub
Higher Ed
‘Nope, You’re Not Special.’ How the College Scam Mastermind Rick Singer Recruited Families - @jenniferlevitz + @melissakorn @WSJ ow.ly/2TjY30purPu | #HighedEd #parenting
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Inventing a new verb, 'to snowflakize' | publishing's good-intentions-gone-mad outcome of banning too many things from children's books by Anne Rooney @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/GsMA30pvtTU
MIT Technology Review young writers essay contest (must be under 18) - “What do adults not know about my generation and technology?” ow.ly/vsts30puDuW @techreview via @drdouggreen #writing #iGen
Parenting + Play
The Secret of a #CharterSchool ’s Success? Parents. "School culture and parent buy-in matter" for educational outcomes, says @rpondiscio @WSJ in essay adapted from coming book https://t.co/iTLpNkMROr?amp=1
Great piece from @everead on why You Should Definitely Read Mindset by #CarolDweck ow.ly/IOla30puso7 | #GrowthMindset #parenting | I also recommend #MathematicalMindsets by @joboaler
Schools and Libraries
The Email that @pernilleripp Sends Every Year Requesting For Her Children To Not Have to Do #ReadingLogs ow.ly/sHop30pw3pS | I'm happy not to have any requirement for that again this year
Thoughts on the Power of Questions for #Learning + tips for improving yours from @farnamstreet https://t.co/r0U1Phe4PN?amp=1
A #reading ‘crisis’: Why some New York City parents created a #CharterSchool for dyslexic students ow.ly/IhhH30puWTO @Chalkbeat via @MindShiftKQED | #LearningDisabilities #Phonic #ReadingInstruction
The Crucial Steps in #Education Are the Ones We May Have Skipped, like focusing #IntrinsicMotivation vs. extrinsic + asking how to stop #grading or why to assign #homework at all @alfiekohn ow.ly/7fnr30puDVG
Educator: There's A Mass Teacher Exodus, Not Shortage | Negative incentives + #testing drive people out #teaching ow.ly/m0V230puDPK | Testing $ should be spent on books (+ other needs) instead | @slekar @WPR
Boosting School Quality Remains a Slog for States, Nation - @EvieBlad @educationweek ow.ly/9mhs30puq4q #ESSA #EdReform
Michigan teachers: Flunking won’t help kids read. We have better ideas. ow.ly/K2HV30puWVw | @BridgeMichigan via @MindShiftKQED | #ReadingInstruction #AcademicRetention
Miscellaneous Research Studies
An idea from @Doug_Lemov to replace #LearningStyles w/ #AttentionTypes after reading chapter on attention + sensory channels in the brain by @stevenbjohnson https://t.co/8gpZkRxBTR?amp=1
Research on how to teach #CriticalThinking contradicts education trends | @DTWillingham reports scientists are united in their belief that #ContentKnowledge is crucial, but #Schools are teaching skills in isolation ow.ly/OKLR30pw3DM @hechingerreport
True or False: The #SummerSlide Is Real. Researchers are looking at this again, after trouble replicating original 30 year old study on #learning loss + #AchievementGap ow.ly/p2eb30puDeT @mcjomcg @WSJ
“Politically Incorrect” Speakers Are Seen As More Authentic — Especially If The Audience Already Shares Their Views – but come across as less warm ow.ly/OxFh30pw3wZ #PoliticalCorrectness @ResearchDigest @EmmaELYoung
Harvard study shows that students learn more when classrooms employ #ActiveLearning strategies, but think they don't. Further evidence that student evaluations aren't correlated w/ #learning https://t.co/DdfzuHA9NM?amp=1
Wouldn't this be nice? People’s Responses To News Clips Suggest There Is A Greater Market For Happy Stories Than Journalists Realise – @mattbwarren @ResearchDigest https://t.co/cwSs7O6GcZ?amp=1
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