Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

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Beyond the Science of Reading

Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

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The “science of reading” often gets reduced to “phonics,” but there’s a lot of science that relates to reading comprehension as well. If we look at typical comprehension instruction through the lens of cognitive science, it becomes clear that we’ve inadvertently made reading and writing much harder than they need to be by separating them from each other and from content-area instruction.

Join renowned literacy experts Lynne Kulich, Ph.D. and Natalie Wexler for a discussion about the science of learning and how all students benefit from a content-rich curriculum and purposeful practice to transfer learning into long-term memory.

Presenters:

Lynne Kulich, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Renaissance

Lynne Kulich is Senior Director, Solutions Engineer, at Renaissance Learning. She is the author of The Fluency Development Lesson: Closing the Reading Gap.

Natelie Wexler
Education Writer

Natalie Wexler is an education writer who has spoken before a wide range of audiences in the U.S. and elsewhere, focusing on literacy, cognitive science, and fairness. She is the author of Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning and The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How to Fix It, and the co-author of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. She blogs at her Substack, Minding the Gap, and is the host of Season One of the Knowledge Matters Podcast (“Reading Comprehension Revisited”) and a co-host of Season Three (“Literacy and the Science of Learning”).

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