griffinej5
Posted : 1/3/2011 10:19:07 PM
Megan, I think the preschool study they reference on the site had trained high school students running the program. If you would like more info on the education study I mentioned, it was Project Follow Through. I would warn though that your reading instructor may or may not be thrilled about this sort of a thing. Mine wasn't thrilled about Direct Instruction (which is what this is based on). Then again, Temple University wasn't big on practices that make for effective education, and turn out students who can read, write, have a basic knowledge of science, and could do basic algebra. They were more interested in letting kids figure things out themselves, and were content so long as the kids could explain their wrong answers (you know, because practicing it wrong will help you get it right).
The phrase practice makes perfect really gets on my nerves. No, practicing something wrong over and over again will not help you get it right. It will help you strengthen the incorrect response. My Tae Kwon-Do instructor once said something about this. He told not to practice if we weren't going to do it right, and put in a full effort. He said, "it's not practice makes perfect, it's perfect practice makes perfect." That man was so right about so many things when he said that.