What do students need to learn, and what do only teachers need to know? – with Dr. Devin Kearns

TRT Podcast #216: What do students need to learn, and what do only teachers need to know? – with Dr. Devin Kearns

Have we overcorrected in our enthusiasm for structured literacy? Dr. Kearns challenges teachers to find the right balance between what students to know versus what technical knowledge belongs solely in a teacher’s toolkit.  A thought-provoking listen! 

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Articles written by Dr. Kearns

• Teaching world and word knowledge to access content-area texts in co-taught classrooms
• The role of semantic information in children’s word reading: Does meaning affect readers’ ability to say polysyllabic words aloud?
• Why children with dyslexia struggle with writing and how to help them
• The neurobiology of dyslexia
• Helping students with dyslexia read long words

Podcast episodes with Dr. Kearns

• Reading Meeting with Dr. Devin Kearns, with Reading Meetings with Mark and Molly
• Teaching students to read longer words, with Triple R Teaching
• Back to the Classroom, with READ Podcast

More from Dr. Kearns

• Beyond the Simple View: Exploring Implications for Instruction, with PaTTAn
• Implementing effective literacy instruction, with NC State College of Education
• Paragraph summarizing, with NC State College of Education
• Phonological awareness, with NC State College of Education
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