S7 E8 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You (Part 2) Read more… Mar 22, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, literacy, explicit instruction, helping struggling readers, english teaching, morphology, spelling, teaching spelling, Phonics, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, Cognitive load, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 16 min read 817 views
S7 E7 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You Read more… Mar 15, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, learning to read, english teaching, spelling, teaching spelling, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, intervention, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 19 min read 1299 views
S7 E1 - The Three Critical Questions Your Students Are Silently Asking You Read more… Feb 1, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, relationships, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, teaching, Evidence based teaching practice, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, reluctant writers, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, Struggling readers, classroom communication, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, Managing Wellbeing, developing as a leader, change process, science of reading & comprehesion 12 min read 796 views
Summer Series - How to Maintain High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction Read more… Dec 28, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under Evidence based practice, reading instruction, explicit instruction & science of reading 18 min read 9337 views
S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels Read more… Nov 23, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, reading, learning to read, text selection, teaching children to read, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, Authentic texts, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 988 views
S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning Read more… Nov 9, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, teach grammar, teach writing, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, reluctant writers, writing difficulty, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, english teaching, text based learning, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, decision making, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 1021 views
S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule Read more… Oct 12, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, Assessment, explicit instruction, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonemic skills, text selection, teaching children to read, morphology, Phonics, change management, change process, vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 20 min read 828 views
S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study? Read more… Sep 28, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, reading, text selection, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, Managing Wellbeing, developing as a leader, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, student & teacher 26 min read 4658 views
Listener Favourite: 5 Evidence-Informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading Read more… Jun 16, 2025 07:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under reading instruction, Teaching of reading, maximising reading success, how to teach reading, science of reading, silent reading & reading instruction 12 min read 1143 views
S4 Ep20 - Summer Series - Why It's So Scary To Let Go Of Guided Reading Read more… Jan 5, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, teach writing, Explicit teaching, literacy, reading, learning to read, teaching children to read, Struggling readers, supporting struggling readers, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 18 min read 1382 views
S4 E19 - Summer Series - High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction Read more… Dec 29, 2024 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, Evidence based teaching practice, Explicit teaching, literacy, explicit instruction, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 18 min read 2330 views
S4 Ep18 - Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 3 (Teacher Talk) Read more… Dec 22, 2024 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, Evidence based teaching practice, Explicit teaching, literacy, explicit instruction, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 38 min read 826 views