{"id":556,"date":"2014-09-16T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2015-01-02T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T18:17:50","slug":"556","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"Zero-sum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_fo6lJYuoAc\/VBjZtwxx7EI\/AAAAAAAAFYU\/anCfU3Oh120\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-09-16%2Bat%2B5.45.04%2BPM.png\"><img class=\"colorbox-556\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-_fo6lJYuoAc%2FVBjZtwxx7EI%2FAAAAAAAAFYU%2FanCfU3Oh120%2Fs1600%2FScreen%252BShot%252B2014-09-16%252Bat%252B5.45.04%252BPM.png&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_fo6lJYuoAc\/VBjZtwxx7EI\/AAAAAAAAFYU\/anCfU3Oh120\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-09-16%2Bat%2B5.45.04%2BPM.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wondering to what degree SOUND MAP, *CloudSpelling* and WordsAhead Decodability Rankings for Word Lists might be considered a <strong>zero-sum<\/strong> proposal. \u00a0&#8220;Zero&#8221; leaves no wiggle-room. \u00a0&#8220;Zero&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem possible, and it may be so.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly perspective matters.<\/p>\n<p>Copernicus put forward a zero-sum proposal\u00a0<i>In medio uero omnium residet Sol <\/i>(In the center of all rests the sun) and thereby reversed the entire science of astronomy and flustered all religious loyalty to Joshua 10:13&#8217;s commanding the SUN to stand still. \u00a0It could be argued that life on earth was lived well-enough without this disruption. \u00a0But the future needed a tweak in conventional thinking. \u00a0<strong>Space travel wouldn&#8217;t allow the old ideas; it needed reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, of course, most of us learned to read from a letters-to-sounds approach. \u00a0Good enough. \u00a0And yet&#8230; \u00a0<strong>Artificial Intelligence needs reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sounds-to-letters is real and it is important, even though not yet sustainable because there are no supportive infrastructures or platforms on which to build. \u00a0But when *CloudSpelling* does gain wide usage in time, &#8220;sight words&#8221; must lose status proportionately. \u00a0When spelling-out SOUND MAP&#8217;s V01-C39 labels become popular, sounding-out phonics &#8220;Long-A, B-Sound, Hard-C, etc.&#8221; will seem counter-intuitive. \u00a0As sound-factored rankings for literature (of the type shown in the literature database of this site) become demonstrably <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more durable and competitive<\/span> as measures of literature decodability, the education industry will inevitably be forced to lose confidence in, for instance, Lexile measures.<\/p>\n<p>We do know that many people are doing very well \u2013 thank you very much \u2013 under <em>status quo<\/em> educational methods. \u00a0We also know that many learners suffer identifiable confusions which may be pivotal in their generalized failure-to-thrive status.<\/p>\n<p>In time, powers-that-be may deem this conversation worthy of attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wondering to what degree SOUND MAP, *CloudSpelling* and WordsAhead Decodability Rankings for Word Lists might be considered a zero-sum proposal. \u00a0&#8220;Zero&#8221; leaves no wiggle-room. \u00a0&#8220;Zero&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem possible, and it may be so. Certainly perspective matters. 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