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Question

Since 2013, over 40 states have passed laws recommended by the “science of [this skill]” movement, which promotes evidence-based pedagogy. For 10 points each:

[10e] What skill was the subject of some 1990s-era “Wars” won by proponents of the whole-language approach? Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty performing this skill.

ANSWER: reading [accept literacy; accept science of reading; accept Reading Wars]

[10m] The “science of reading” movement advocates education based on this approach, which lost the Reading Wars to the whole-language approach. In this approach, children are taught to sound out groups of letters.

ANSWER: phonics [reject “phonetics”]

[10h] A common experimental method of measuring reading speed observes the rate of these quick, involuntary movements of both eyes. These eye movements were first described by Émile Javal (“ay-MEEL zhah-VAL”).

ANSWER: saccades (“suh-KAHDS”)

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
Southern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	50%	13%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
North	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	20.00	86%	86%	29%
Southeast	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	10	20
Carleton B	Carleton A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	0	0	10
McGill C	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	10	10	0	20
UCF A	Florida A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Michigan State C	10	0	0	10
CWRU C	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	10	10	0	20
Louisville D	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Louisville C	10	0	10	20
Michigan D	CWRU D	0	0	0	0
Michigan State A	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
WVU A	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Princeton	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers D	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Rutgers C	Stony Brook	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Vermont A	Dartmouth C	10	0	0	10
Williams C	Tufts C	10	0	10	20
Williams A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
MIT A	UConn A	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	William & Mary C	10	10	0	20
UNC D	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
UNC B	William & Mary A	10	10	0	20
UNC C	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	0	0	0	0
Alberta B	Arizona State A	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Washington State	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Steelhead	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Durham C	York	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20