Tag Archives: Literacy

How does literacy change books?

Posted on September 29, 2022 by knlistman

The title may seem like a curious question. However, I wanted to trace how the increasing percentage of people who could read changes the publishing business. Do the types of books favored by the public change as a population becomes … Continue reading →

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A new definition of literacy

Posted on December 16, 2021 by knlistman

A child of mine made a joking statement that if we wanted to raise the level of writing we needed to lower the number of people who are literate. The supposed logic behind this suspect claim is that the books … Continue reading →

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Compositional Divide

Posted on August 2, 2013 by knlistman

Teachers have often heard how basic skills, such as memorization of content is required before higher level skills such as creating a new product can occur. Students are supposed to master how to recognize letters and sounds before combining phonemes … Continue reading →

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