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Jodi DeVries

@jodidevries.bsky.social

Former teacher, now PhD student in Special Ed at the University of Alberta • Structured Literacy • Dyslexia • Evidence-based teaching and learning • Master’s in Mind, Brain, & Education @ Harvard GSE • Grateful to live on Treaty 6 territory

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The Road to Running Records: A Narrative Review of Their History and a Systematic Narrative Review of the Evidence for Their Use - Annie Unger, Tanya Serry, Pamela C. Snow, Tessa Weadman, 2025 In this paper, we employ both narrative and systematic review methodologies to explore Running Records, a reading assessment tool designed for use with children...

The Road to Running Records: A Narrative Review of Their History and a Systematic Narrative Review of the Evidence for Their Use

Open-access.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... #SOR

02.08.2025 16:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Yellow voting sign

I just did my part!

23.06.2025 18:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sneak peak of a project we have been working on for the past two years... We hope to release more information by the end of the year. Watch this space!

17.06.2025 19:48 — 👍 34    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Noooooo! Don’t stay strong. It needs you and you need it. It’s a perfect match.

17.06.2025 22:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beautiful photo! Those blue wings…😲

11.06.2025 01:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about cognitive load theory.

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about cognitive load theory.

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about implications of cognitive load theory.

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about implications of cognitive load theory.

Drs. @nsachdeva.bsky.social & Jim Hewitt share about classic studies in Education, starting w/ working memory & cognitive load theory @ #RedTO25. I was just discussing this w/ @numcog.bsky.social over lunch. I wish all teachers learned about this in their BEd training! It changed my teaching so much

07.06.2025 18:24 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Dr. Ansari speaks, while a summary of his main points is on the slide behind him.

Dr. Ansari speaks, while a summary of his main points is on the slide behind him.

Great talk!

07.06.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dr. Ansari begins his presentation.

Dr. Ansari begins his presentation.

Listening to @numcog.bsky.social share about automaticity of math facts. I’m always intrigued by the parallels between math and literacy in both robust research findings and common pushback arguments.

07.06.2025 15:23 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“When weak research drives decisions, students pay.”

07.06.2025 14:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dr. Jamie Metsala stands beside a screen, giving a keynote lecture under a massive stained glass window in a church at ResearchEd in Toronto.

Dr. Jamie Metsala stands beside a screen, giving a keynote lecture under a massive stained glass window in a church at ResearchEd in Toronto.

At #redTO25, @j-metsala.bsky.social is delivering a great summary of the history of reading instruction and the alignment and misalignment with research along the way.

07.06.2025 13:36 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It’s a first for me too, but it’s beautiful in here! I’m looking forward to meeting you in person at some point today!

07.06.2025 13:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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😲 In Manitoba, 7 in 10 teachers said either whole language or balanced literacy approaches are used to teach reading. Only 9% reported structured literacy as the most common approach. 60% of teachers & administrators said the current approach to teaching reading isn't working.

22.05.2025 14:18 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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What can children learn about morphology from reading for fun? A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come together to form words. For example, the word unhappy is made u...

What can children learn about morphology when they read for pleasure? We analysed the words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people to find out! Read the blog post here: www.rastlelab.com/post/what-ca...

20.05.2025 17:56 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

This webinar, with @mrzachg.bsky.social and @blakeharvard.bsky.social is sure to be great! And it’s free!

20.05.2025 01:16 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

So sorry to hear, Nadine. This is absolutely devastating. Thanks for sharing updates like this. It’s important that those who are not currently part of the school to have an understanding of the very real implications. I wish you much strength and wisdom as you navigate the question of “now what.”

19.05.2025 20:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Moment of appreciation for the bull bison alt text. 😂

14.05.2025 06:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations, Darren! It sounds like the beginning of a lovely new adventure.

03.05.2025 05:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh, Nadine, I'm so sorry that this is your present reality. I can't imagine how utterly devastating all of this must be.

02.05.2025 23:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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HELP! GaabLab has been supporting the #Dyslexia community since 2007. Now we could really use YOUR help due to recent funding cuts that threaten our lab's existence: We're looking for supportive foundations & collaborations, very grateful for any small gift community.alumni.harvard.edu/give/51711873

01.05.2025 18:07 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Superb thread about how Canadian federal elections work, in case you are wondering why your feed is chock full of Canuck politics tonight

29.04.2025 01:17 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Great to see @pamelasnow.bsky.social here. Welcome!

25.04.2025 15:25 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

FREE parent handbook on dyslexia from Dyslexia Canada.

28.04.2025 05:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🥇 Awe. These are important family memories in the making! Juggling both the mom hat and the researcher/professor/mentor/advocate hat the way you do is quite the feat.

28.04.2025 05:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

ERIC!

“ERIC is scheduled to run out of money on April 23. After that date, no new documents can be added.”

Colleagues, this is catastrophic for educational research.

www.governing.com/policy/major...

22.04.2025 22:39 — 👍 16    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 0
New Class Data-Driven Literacy Instruction: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Analysis, and Intervention

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New Class Data-Driven Literacy Instruction: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Analysis, and Intervention Woman with long dark hair and glasses sitting at desk, analytically doing work at a laptop

Have you ever felt buried under a mountain of assessment data with no clear path forward?

We understand and are here to help with our brand-new class—Data-Driven Literacy Instruction: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Analysis and Intervention.

🔗 Learn more: www.thereadingleague.org/shop/data-dr...

03.04.2025 17:22 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🚫 Labeling students as “hands-on learners” (or any learning style) can limit how they're taught, what they believe they can do, and what they actually learn. @carlhendrick.substack.com highlights new research exposing the harm caused by the learning styles myth. Link below.

05.04.2025 12:46 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Photo of the cover of Nomanis with the title "The Write Stuff: Focus on Handwriting."

Photo of the cover of Nomanis with the title "The Write Stuff: Focus on Handwriting."

I finally got around to looking at the December issue of Nomanis. Looks like there are some great articles in there to bookmark for later reading.
#SOR #ScienceOfReading

www.nomanis.com.au/blog/issue-1...

17.03.2025 21:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Lessons From the Science of Reading | Education Now
YouTube video by Harvard Graduate School of Education Lessons From the Science of Reading | Education Now

I listened to this quick (30 minute) webinar today. It offers some poignant reminders that we cannot neglect the oral language strand of the reading rope and provided some great summaries of what is known about effective reading comprehension instruction. #SOR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBUL...

17.03.2025 21:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I just found out @cec-dr.bsky.social is on bsky! 🎉

12.03.2025 21:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0