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Science of Reading: The Podcast

S9 E7: Neurodiversity and the reading brain, with Ioulia Kovelman, Ph.D.

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5642 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Susan is joined by Ioulia Kovelman, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan, to give educators the perspective of a developmental cognitive neuroscientist on literacy development. Starting with the basics of cognitive science versus brain science, Ioulia gives a comprehensive overview into how the brain changes as children learn to read, including differences seen in neurodiverse students and multilingual/English learners. Ioulia then answers a question ...

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0:00.0

Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

0:07.0

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

0:13.7

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

0:20.0

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

0:24.2

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

0:27.4

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

0:29.7

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

0:34.0

Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.

0:41.7

The use of neuroimaging allows us to, for instance, compare children who might actually have the same reading abilities, but may have very different strategies for reading.

0:55.0

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify.

1:03.0

How might recent advances in neuroscience and cognitive psychology reshape our understanding of dyslexia and other reading disabilities.

1:12.8

That fantastic question from our listener mailbag will be answered on today's episode with

1:18.1

developmental cognitive neuroscientist, Julia Covellman. Dr. Covellman is a professor of psychology

1:25.6

at the University of Michigan and the Director

1:28.7

of the Language and Learning Lab.

1:31.2

And she's joining us during this season-long reading reboot to explore how developmental

1:36.2

cognitive neuroscience can support the work of teachers and educators in literacy development.

1:42.8

Let's get to the conversation. Well, Dr. Yulia Kovlman, it's so great to have

1:50.9

you on today's episode. I think you said it's okay if I call you Yulia. Is that right? Yes, of course.

1:56.3

Please do. Well, we would love if you could introduce yourself to our listeners and just say a little bit about your background and what you do.

2:02.6

Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today.

2:06.6

My name is Julio Kovleman. I am a faculty at the University of Michigan.

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