How to: Accelerate Progress with Guided Reading
How to: Accelerate Progress with Guided Reading
August 20, 2018
By: Margaret Allen, Strategic Education Manager, Renaissance UK More haste, less speed. It’s a well-known fact of life. But what about when you’re faced with a class full of primary children and a school-led directive on guided reading? All of [...]
Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers
Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers
August 20, 2018
By: Jan Bryan, EdD, Vice President, National Education Officer, Renaissance USA What was the last thing you read? Did you read for pleasure, to gain information, or to complete a task? Did you read to calm yourself, escape the day, [...]
What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
August 12, 2018
By: Renaissance US team The Zone of Proximal Development, or ZPD, was a concept introduced by Lev Vygotsky in the late 1920s. Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, used ZPD to describe the relationship between a student’s learning and his or her [...]
How to make blended learning work in your classroom
How to make blended learning work in your classroom
August 11, 2018
By: Jan Bryan, EdD, Vice President, National Education Officer, Renaissance USA “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” – Thomas A. Edison Creating a set of practical ideas begins with gathering a lot of ideas. Fortunately, ideas about blended learning are abundant—with [...]
What is blended learning?
What is blended learning?
August 11, 2018
Blended learning provides a digital framework that puts your students in control of a particular element of their learning, whether it’s place, path, or pace. Educators drive instruction, but a blended approach provides additional opportunities to enrich learning. Is [...]
Renaissance Accelerated Reader as an effective intervention program
Renaissance Accelerated Reader as an effective intervention program
August 10, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Westley Field, National Professional Learning Manager, Renaissance AU Recently the ABC did a story on a new ‘Evidence institute’ being set up here in Australia. In summary the report stated that if you have a child at school, [...]
The teacher as reading coach: Relationship-building that motivates students to read and achieve their personalised goals
The teacher as reading coach: Relationship-building that motivates students to read and achieve their personalised goals
August 1, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Jan Bryan, EdD, Vice President, National Education Officer, Renaissance US I think we all can agree that text is silent, given voice only by the generosity of the reader. Yet, even when we accept that reading is a conversation [...]
How families can support reading practice outside of school
How families can support reading practice outside of school
August 1, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kids of all ages need daily reading practice to help build strong literacy skills and achieve college and career readiness, but there are only so many hours in a school day—and more than half of students aren’t spending enough time [...]
Content 101: The making of a Renaissance Accelerated Reader quiz
Content 101: The making of a Renaissance Accelerated Reader quiz
July 30, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Jill Kane, Managing Editor, Renaissance USA Each school day, hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S. and 70 other countries will assess their reading comprehension and reading-skill mastery goals using Renaissance Accelerated Reader® quizzes and practice activities. The [...]
