EdLeader Podcast host Dr. Rob Jackson might just be a closet bibliophile, someone who has a great love of books. Occasionally he enjoys returning to touchstone texts or timeless tomes, those books that shaped him early in his career and life and bringing them forward, spending time again with the words, thoughts, and reflections that moved him then and move him still. This latest episode is just that, a return to a treasured book. The book, Tuesdays with Morrie, became a runaway bestseller 26...
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EdLeader Podcast host Dr. Rob Jackson might just be a closet bibliophile, someone who has a great love of books. Occasionally he enjoys returning to touchstone texts or timeless tomes, those books that shaped him early in his career and life and bringing them forward, spending time again with the words, thoughts, and reflections that moved him then and move him still. This latest episode is just that, a return to a treasured book. The book, Tuesdays with Morrie, became a runaway bestseller 26...
Science of Reading: Background Knowledge - What Every EdLeader Should Know
EdLeader
21 minutes
3 years ago
Science of Reading: Background Knowledge - What Every EdLeader Should Know
This latest episode in The Science of Reading series focuses on background knowledge, a crucial strand of Language Comprehension. Once a reader has decoded the print into words, reading comprehension requires inferences that are built on background knowledge and not necessarily explicitly stated in the text. As the writers at BrainTrust define it, “Background knowledge is everything a child already knows about a topic prior to engaging in the lesson or activity. So for reading, backgrou...
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EdLeader Podcast host Dr. Rob Jackson might just be a closet bibliophile, someone who has a great love of books. Occasionally he enjoys returning to touchstone texts or timeless tomes, those books that shaped him early in his career and life and bringing them forward, spending time again with the words, thoughts, and reflections that moved him then and move him still. This latest episode is just that, a return to a treasured book. The book, Tuesdays with Morrie, became a runaway bestseller 26...
