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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