Seeing Words & Imagining the World: Understanding Word Recognition & Reading Comprehension

MAR 6

6:00pm

Seeing Words & Imagining the World: Understanding Word Recognition & Reading Comprehension

With Dr. Devin Kearns, Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Connecticut and a research scientist for Haskins Laboratories at Yale University

Northeastern Illinois University Student Union, Room SU214 5500 N. St. Louis, Chicago

Parking available in the F Lot. Proceed through the main campus entrance to enter the Student Union.

Sponsored by the Hyde Park Day School Bellick Family Community Education Program. Please RSVP by February 28th by registering here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeejXiNmChEwEO5AOOwangc8PJ_tutCCvuktYMVPw6dN7jdlg/viewform

This program is free and open to the public; feel free to share this invitation with friends and colleagues. For questions, call 847-446-6095.  hydeparkday.org

Reading starts when the reader looks at the printed words. What happens next? The answer is surprisingly controversial—and it has many implications for how teachers should design reading instruction. Fortunately, scientific inquiry has produced many important ideas about how the system works—and these ideas can help teachers design better reading lessons. In this session, Dr. Kearns describes the science of the reading system and how words and meanings are connected. He explains how these ideas should influence instruction and also suggest ways parents can help their children with reading at home.