Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers Ep. 139: Why Knowledge Matters for Comprehension with Daniel Willingham and Barbara Davidson
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Jan 13, 2023 Why can a baseball passage stump some readers while others follow every play? Daniel Willingham explores how background knowledge shapes comprehension, from understanding ambiguous sentences to making inferences. Barbara Davidson shares how carefully sequenced, content-rich ELA curricula can build students’ knowledge, vocabulary, and access to complex texts.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Knowledge Matters Campaign
02:08 • 2min
The Science of Reading and the Science of Phonics Instruction
04:29 • 3min
Is There Any Research for Reading Comprehension?
07:19 • 4min
Reading Comprehension Tests - The Baseball Study
11:09 • 5min
Is There a Difference Between Reading Comprehension and Knowledge?
16:19 • 4min
What Do You Want Your Child to Know?
20:18 • 4min
The Knowledge Matters Campaign
23:58 • 4min
Building Knowledge in the English Language Arts Block
27:47 • 3min
CKLA Writing Curricula - Writing Wisdom
31:02 • 4min
The Knowledge Matters Campaign
34:34 • 4min
What Do You Want Your Child to Do Right in 12th Grade?
38:44 • 3min
The Knowledge Matters Campaign Website
41:26 • 4min
The Knowledge Matters Campaign
45:49 • 3min
The Importance of Sequence in a Curriculum
48:54 • 2min
What Is the Impossibility of a Curriculum?
50:31 • 2min
Do You Have to Write Your Own Curriculum?
52:23 • 2min
Do You Love the Knowledge Matters Campaign Tour?
54:27 • 6min