Listen to bi-weekly podcasts (available 1st and 3rd Mondays) of interviews with literacy researchers as they discuss the implications of their research. Teachers, parents, principals, and policymakers are invited to listen and discuss ways to improve literacy instruction.
Dr. Betsy Baker, Dr. Candace Kuby, Dr. Sarah Vander Zanden and Dr. Amanda Goodwin
"Dr. Amanda Goodwin":https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amanda-goodwin and "Dr. Steve Graham":https://education.asu.edu/steve-graham-0 discuss balancing reading and writing instruction
"Dr. Amanda Goodwin":https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amanda-goodwin, "Dr. Mark Lewis":https://www.loyola.edu/school-education/faculty/mark-lewis and "Dr. Margarita Gomez Zisselsberger":https://www.loyola.edu/school-education/faculty/margarita-gomez dis
"Dr. Baker":https://education.missouri.edu/person/betsy-baker/ and "Dr. Gay Ivey":https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-gayivey/ discuss engagement and young adult literature
"Dr. Amanda Goodwin":https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amanda-goodwin and "Dr. Debbie Rowe":https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/deborah-rowe discuss the connection between gesture and writing in early childhood
"Dr. Betsy Baker":https://education.missouri.edu/person/betsy-baker/ and "Dr. Jamie Colwell":mailto:jcolwell@odu.edu discuss Internet literacies and middle school science: What are the obstacles?
"Dr. Amanda Goodwin":https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amanda-goodwin and "Dr. Aviva Segal":https://www.mcgill.ca/crcf/people/postdoctoral-fellows/aviva-segal discuss informal language and literacy learning at home with siblings.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Susan Neuman":http://sbneuman.com/ discuss using categories to teach vocabulary to preschoolers
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Sheila Valencia discuss the validity of oral reading fluency assessments
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Carol Connor discuss using children’s literacy skills to differentiate reading comprehension instruction
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Jocelyn Folk":https://www.kent.edu/psychology/profile/jocelyn-r-folk discuss vocabulary Instruction: how students approach new words
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Julie Coiro discuss how offline reading, online reading, and prior knowledge can help predict students’ abilities to understand what they read online
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Theresa Roberts about storybooks and early literacy for English learners.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews "Dr. Karen Wohlwend":http://profile.educ.indiana.edu/Default.aspx?alias=profile.educ.indiana.edu/kwohlwen about play with Disney Princess dolls and children’s literacy development
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews "Dr. Shenglan Zhang":mailto:szhang@winona.edu and "Dr. Nell K. Duke":http://www.msularc.org/html/prin_duke.html about the role of purpose and how a reader's purpose impacts his comprehension.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Shayne Piasta":mailto:piasta.1@osu.edu discuss alphabet learning and early literacy
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Guthrie":http://www.cori.umd.edu discuss reading motivation among African American and Caucasian students
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Peter Dewitz about comprehension strategy instruction in core reading programs
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Ann Sharp about different explanations for spelling abilities.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Margaret McKeown about whether comprehension instruction should focus on content or strategies.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Carmen Medina discuss literature discussions and immigrant elementary children
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Beth Scott about four ways to assess the reading process.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Kris Gutierrez about classroom interactions that occur beyond teacher directed activities.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Christopher Lemons":http://www.education.pitt.edu/people/ChristopherJayLemons/ discuss Reading, Down Syndrome, and predictors of differential growth
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews "Dr. Robert Slavin":http://www.bestevidence.org about the characteristics of effective middle and high school reading programs.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Vicki Risko about a synthesis of research regarding the preparation of reading teachers.
Dr. Baker interviews "Dr. Julie Coiro":http://www.uri.edu/hss/education/faculty/coiro.html about the skills middle-school students need to effectively read online.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Drs. Chilton and Ehri discuss semantically connected sentence contexts on vocabulary learning.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Janine Certo discuss the poetic practices of fifth grade writers.
"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ interviews Dr. Kay Stahl about primary comprehension instruction with picture walks, KWL, and DRTA
Dr. Vander Zanden interviews "Dr. Aukerman":mailto: aukerman@stanford.edu about the role of organization in bilingual classrooms.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Lea McGee discuss first graders' actions at the point of difficultly while reading.
Drs. Sarah Vander Zanden and Mikel Cole discuss meta analysis involving peer mediation and English Language Learners.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Dennis Davis discuss test-centric practices of literacy instruction.
Dr. Vander Zanden and Dr. Lutz Klauda discuss adolescent reading engagement and classroom practices.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php, Birgit Heppt, and Nicole Haag discuss academic-language features for reading comprehension focusing on students from low socioeconomic families and language-minorities.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Drs. Kofi Quan-Baffour and Norma Romm discuss training of adult literacy teachers in South Africa.
Dr. Vander Zanden and Dr. Perry discuss adult literacy practices and conceptions of low literacy.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Becky Chen discuss English and French language and literacy skills in the early grades.
"Dr. Vander Zanden":http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/curriculum-instruction/faculty-and-staff/sarah-vander-zanden and Dr. Sarigianides discuss analyzing adolescence in texts using a Youth Lens.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Drs. Mollie Blackburn and Caroline Clark discuss LGBT-themed literature, specifically examining queer elements.
Dr. Vander Zanden and Dr. Wright discuss oral vocabulary instruction with kindergarteners.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Drs. Burke Scarbrough and Annie Allen discuss the writing of spoken word poetry in high school.
"Dr. Vander Zanden":http:// http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/curriculum-instruction/faculty-and-staff/sarah-vander-zanden and Dr. Susan Lutz Klauda discuss motivating and engaging readers with social studies content.
"Dr. Vander Zanden":http:// http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/curriculum-instruction/faculty-and-staff/sarah-vander-zanden interviews "Dr. Steven Athanases":mailto: szathanases@ucdavis.edu” about the role of scaffolding and supporting Latina/Latino youth.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Andrew Holliman discuss prosodic sensitivity and early literacy.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php interviews "Dr. Lisa O’Brien":lmobrien5674@gmail.com about vocabulary development of English Language Learners.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and "Haomin (Stanley) Zhang":http://haominzh@cmu.edu discuss vocabulary acquisition among Chinese-speaking children.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Puranik discuss factors of preschool children’s emergent writing.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php and Dr. Collin discuss moving beyond the content area literacy debate of strategies vs. disciplinary approaches.
"Dr. Kuby":http://education.missouri.edu/faculty/LTC/Kuby_Candace.php interviews "Dr. Kristen Turner":http://twitter.com/teachKHT about the digital writing language of teens.
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