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From Brain Research to Lesson Plans: The Science Behind RAVE-O

From Brain Research to Lesson Plans: The Science Behind RAVE-O

From Brain Research to Lesson Plans: The Science Behind RAVE-O

The Mind, Brain, and Education paper that explains RAVE-O's design logic — free to read in full.

The Mind, Brain, and Education paper that explains RAVE-O's design logic — free to read in full.

The Mind, Brain, and Education paper that explains RAVE-O's design logic — free to read in full.

Maryanne Wolf, Mirit Barzillai, Stephanie Gottwald, et al.

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The 2009 Mind, Brain, and Education paper where the RAVE-O team shows how reading-brain research became a daily curriculum — and it’s free to read in full.

Wonderful ideas are not born, they are connected.

— Wolf et al., 2009, opening the paper

Read the full text free at PubMed Central.

Related in the Nest: The original RAVE-O paper · The POSSUM podcast episode

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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