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S8 E5: No perfect set of words: Building vocabulary, with Margaret McKeown

From Science of Reading: The Podcast · Hosted by Susan Lambert

2023-12-06·2589

Episode summary

In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast: This episode’s guest is Margaret McKeown, Ph. D. , a retired professor from the University of Pittsburgh, decades-long researcher, and former elementary school teacher.

Original publisher description

This episode’s guest is Margaret McKeown, Ph.D., a retired professor from the University of Pittsburgh, decades-long researcher, and former elementary school teacher. In it, Margaret and Susan address why vocabulary is so important, particularly for knowledge building; talk about the various elements of effective vocabulary instruction; discuss…