Reading & Literacy Video

Daniel Willingham Talks Reading and the Mind

May 19, 2017 18:20

What does science say about the complex processes happening as a person reads? And how can K-12 educators use this to improve reading instruction? In this video, originally streamed on Facebook Live, Liana Heitin Loewus, an assistant editor for Education Week, sits down with Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, to talk about his new book, The Reading Mind.

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