Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1DNLTI05222; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:21:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:21:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Sea2-F61uRepYd9ZtB80000c6f0@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Eileen Eckert" <eileeneckert@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1016] Re: Don't cede the realm of research to the positivists X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2023 Lines: 54 Tom, Thanks for the descriptive statistics, but I don't see anything that makes a case for a cause-effect or even correlation between phonics instruction as an isolated variable and improvement in literacy leading to amelioration of the above societal ills. If that's the extent of the research you have to make your case, I'm sorry but we'll have to cut your federal funding. Eileen From: tom zurinskas <tzurinskas@yahoo.com> Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1015] Re: Don't cede the realm of research to the positivists Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:55:05 -0500 (EST) --- AndresMuro@aol.com wrote: > Trouble is, that thay ain't even positivists. > Yesterday we got a phonics message that had not even > a hint of scientific research. It was all based on > opinions of one guy, that wrote a long an > sensationalist and unscientific article. > > Andres The message on phonics sited this research with regard to prison literacy "Even more troubling are the findings of The Orton Dyslexia Society that illiterate adults account for 75 percent of the unemployed, one third of the mothers receiving AFDC, 85 percent of the juveniles who appear in court, 60 percent of prison inmates, and nearly 40 percent of minority youth.” Perhaps you missed the citation. Tom Z ===== Read all about truespel at truespel.com. Read “Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English http://www.1stbooks.com/cgi-bin/1st?partner~1st|type~6|Data1~16593 Convert text to truespel USA accent by copy/pasting it at: http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _________________________________________________________________ Let the advanced features & services of MSN Internet Software maximize your online time. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200363ave/direct/01/
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