S10 E13: Building blocks for deep comprehension, with Susan Lambert

About this episode

Susan Lambert reflects on her key takeaways from the season focused on reading comprehension.

Host Susan Lambert hits the home stretch of her comprehension-focused season of Science of Reading: The Podcast with a reflective episode based on her presentation at this year's Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning conference. Instead of being joined by a guest, Susan breaks down some of her biggest takeaways from this season—explaining how reading comprehension is far more intricate than the ability to decode words on a page, and detailing how the expert guests this season helped illustra...

People in this episode

Host: Susan Lambert

Topics covered

• reading comprehension
• literacy
• education
• presentation
• reflection

Keywords

• comprehension
• decoding
• literacy
• education
• expert guests

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