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 i2RAvJm19468; Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:57:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:57:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040327105556.19470.qmail@web14305.mail.yahoo.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: tom zurinskas <tzurinskas@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1217] Re: here we go again X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 3526 Lines: 114 Thanks Eileen, Guess I should have used quotes. My including the edress I thought was enough to show whose material it was. To read interesting work by myself try my book "Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English" by 1st Books. It shows the many ways our sounds are spelled and compares to other languages. So unique it's groundbreaking. No plagerism. There is an interesting graph is in that article below, that would not come up in my email. It shows how ages 4-6 are critical for reading. tz --- Eileen Eckert <eileeneckert@hotmail.com> wrote: > Tom and others: > A couple issues. First, is there such a thing as > plagiarism on the lists? > Tom, your message is copied and pasted verbatim from > the website you linked > to; there is a link but you didn't say anything to > indicate these are not > your words. Remember the confusion over whether > another message was in your > words or Bob Sweet's? You could avoid this by using > quotation marks and > clearly citing direct quotes. > > Secondly, the study and results are reported as part > of a commerical message > intended to persuade people to buy a product. The > source and purpose of the > writing definitely affect the credibility, to me at > least. > > I am more and more suspicious of the motives of some > phonics-advocates, and > the validity of their reports, when they resort, > over and over, to what > feels to me like sleazy, less-than-honest tactics to > convince an audience > they must assume will not check their claims. Caveat > emptor. > > One good thing, Tom always highlights the importance > of critical thinking > even though he only talks about decoding. > > 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:1212] Re: Readability Formulas > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:12:32 -0500 (EST) > > > http://waterford.org/index.jsp > > In 1989, Waterford participated in the New York City > Public Schools Integrated Systems Project. One of > the > most important findings of the $10 million project > was > that intervention is needed at a much earlier age > than > previously thought. > The study showed that without early intervention an > achievement gap between at-risk and average students > develops and increases exponentially during the > early > years of education. > > When intervention is delayed, at-risk students face > tremendous obstacles to achieving success. For > example, if delayed until the fourth grade, an > at-risk > student's rate of learning must increase four times > just to catch up with the average student's. > Moreover, > intervention at grade three or four often takes four > to six times the resources needed to yield the same > results as an intervention that begins in the > earlier > grades. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN > Toolbar – FREE! > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > ===== Read “Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English http://www.1stBooks.com/bookview/16593 Convert text to truespel USA accent by copy/pasting text at: http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm Read all about truespel at truespel.com. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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