A Case for Teaching History in Elementary School | History Matters Podcast
Elementary schools spend almost no time teaching history. How did we get here, and how can we reprioritize this crucial foundation for literacy and knowledge? Host Barbara Davidson begins the eight-pa...
30 Sep 202515min
Natalie Wexler on How Writing Promotes Clear Thinking | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 6 | “Teaching students to write clearly was actually teaching them to think clearly.” In the Season 3 finale, host Natalie Wexler brings listeners inside Monroe City Schools, a high-...
29 Jul 202529min
Natalie Wexler on Memory and the Writing Effect | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 5 | Writing is hard—and teaching writing is even harder. But science tells us it’s well worth the effort, because writing flexes the mental muscles that nurture literacy and learning....
22 Jul 202523min
Doug Lemov on the Power of Whole Books | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 4 | “The book is in a death struggle with electronic and social media. And right now, it’s losing.” Host Doug Lemov makes a spirited case for reading whole books in the classroom—espe...
15 Jul 202526min
Doug Lemov on Fluency’s Impact on Comprehension | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 3 | When we read fluently, we recognize words without effort. We also maintain an engaged pace (automaticity) and perceive expression (prosody), all of which support attention and lea...
8 Jul 202519min
Dylan Wiliam on Building Student Knowledge | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 2 | Our memories grow stronger when we work to retrieve them. That’s why flash cards and pop quizzes are effective: they prompt students to recall and access information from their me...
1 Jul 202526min
Dylan Wiliam on How the Brain Learns | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 1 | How can schools and teachers maximize student learning? To answer this question, we need to understand how the human mind works. What needs to be explicitly taught, how many new t...
24 Jun 202529min
Trailer | Introducing Season 3: Literacy and the Science of Learning
How is the Science of Reading connected to the Science of Learning? Join hosts Dylan Wiliam, Doug Lemov, and Natalie Wexler as they delve into the links between the two, both in theory and practice, i...
17 Jun 20253min
