for Magpie...about teaching dyslexics...what I studied in graduate school wasn't sufficient...but there is some good research..your best bet is to (I'm sure you do) realize that kids have different learning styles, and to try to accomodate at least the major ones in most teaching units...some auditory, some group, some reading, some computer, some hands-on. You know the drill...if you are studyhing volcanos, some web search, some reading, some making one out of baking soda and whatever...And some very interesting research on learning and teaching styles...that most kids and general population is one (concrete, hands-on, kinesthetic) and most people in the teaching profession are another (auditory/verbal)...so the teacher going on her/his preferred merry style is probably reaching about 1/6 or so of the kids.