Interesting Links for 05-10-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Rise and Fall of Vibes-Based Literacy

(tags:reading education epicfail USA )

2. Being vegetarian may partly be in one's genes

(tags:genetics vegetarian )

3. When game design isn't obvious

(tags:games design )

4. The 'fit but fat' research finally validates what women like me knew: being obese does not mean unhealthy

(tags:weight health women )

Comments

[haggis]

Have you heard of the ITA reading system? It was a much more logical writing system than English and the idea was that children learned ITA and then transitioned to English later. It was trialled in the 60s but didn't work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1523708.stm

[andrewducker]

What a fascinating idea. I'm not surprised it didn't work, but it was probably worth trying.