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What are 'decodable readers' and do they work?

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posted on 2024-11-14, 07:09 authored by Misty Adoniou, Brian Cambourne, Robyn Ewing
The Victorian Coalition has promised $2.8 million for "decodable readers" for schools if they win the upcoming election. Money for books must surely be a good thing. But what exactly is a "decodable reader"? After all, surely all books are decodable. If they weren't decodable they would be unreadable.

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Adoniou, M., Cambourne, B. & Ewing, R. (2018). What are 'decodable readers' and do they work?. The Conversation, 1 Nov 1-5.

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The Conversation

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1/11/2024

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1-5

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English

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131316

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