The Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction: Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research (Evidence-Based Strategies

Literacy instruction is a vast and ever-changing field. Distilling decades of research on reading and writing into an expedient and practical guide, educator and author Nathaniel Hansford provides an indispensable resource for educators who want to understand the science behind literacy and empower their own teaching. Gain a reliable and objective, evidence-based overview of what’s truly effective for improving student literacy outcomes.

• Learn how to interpret, parse, and better engage with educational research
• Review and examine comprehensive summaries of pivotal research on literacy instruction
• Understand the evolution of continuing historical debates on effective literacy instruction
• Examine meta-analyses to critically evaluate popular teaching methods
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the most common literacy teaching methods

Nathaniel Hansford has taught every grade from preK to 12, in places like South Korea, the United Kingdom, the subarctic region of Quebec, and Ontario, Canada. In 2022, he won the Literacy Leader of the Year award from the Ontario International Dyslexia Association. Nathaniel’s previous book is The Scientific Principles of Teaching: Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research. He has also written hundreds of articles on the science of teaching. He is most interested in using meta-analysis research to help teachers implement methodologies that have been proven to work.
Nathaniel graduated from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, with a bachelor of education and a bachelor of arts in history. He also holds eleven additional teaching qualifications, including a specialist in reading and in special education. To learn more about Nathaniel’s work in education, visit teachingbyscience.com, or follow @Natejoseph19 on X.