S10 E11: Learning to read vs. reading to learn, with Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.
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Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D. discusses the differences between learning to read and reading to learn, using athletic training as an analogy.
In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D., distinguished professor emeritus from the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins Susan Lambert to distinguish between reading comprehension, learning from a text, and the process of learning to read. He compares learning to read with athletic training, explaining that just as athletes need to vary their workout intensities to maximize their strength, students need to vary their text difficulty to maximize their com...
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