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Science of Reading: The Podcast

Spring Rewind '24: Deconstructing the Rope: Background knowledge, with Susan B. Neuman

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

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

4.5642 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Join Susan B. Neuman, professor of early childhood and literacy education at the Steinhardt School at New York University, in our Deconstructing the Rope series. She explains the important link between background knowledge and reading comprehension in the Science of Reading, and shares her five research-based principles to build knowledge networks in literacy instruction. She also highlights the connection between speech and reading, and previews her upcoming studies on the role of cross-medi...

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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

We have been spending our time on comprehension strategies instead of teaching content knowledge.

0:52.7

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify, where the science of reading lives.

1:00.7

Well, we've officially wrapped up season eight. Thanks to you and all of our listeners for your support as we explore different facets of knowledge and knowledge building over 12 episodes.

1:12.7

We are currently producing a special Spring series, and I promise I'll be able to tell you more

1:18.5

about it very soon. While we're working on that, we're highlighting a couple timely episodes

1:24.3

from our archives. First, we're bringing back one of my favorite episodes from

1:29.5

Season 3, our season long deconstruction of Scarborough's Reading Rope. This particular episode

1:36.3

featured Susan Newman, Professor of Childhood and Literacy Education at NYU, and it was all

1:43.7

about background knowledge. Not to get too meta here, but with all

1:47.9

the new background knowledge about background knowledge that we've picked up from season eight,

1:52.7

I think now is the perfect time to revisit Susan Newman's five research-based principles

1:59.3

to build knowledge networks. So please enjoy this

2:03.6

conversation with Susan Newman. Hello, Susan. Thank you so much for joining us on today's episode.

2:09.6

Well, it's nice to be here.

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