In this episode, Drs. Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell join Jake to discuss their Strive-for-Five Conversations strategy for promoting oral language development through simple, serve and return style

In this episode Dr. Jake Downs joins us to talk about his research on Synchronous Paired Oral Reading techniques. Guest hosted by Dr. Chase Young. Reference: Downs, J., & Mohr, K. A. J. (2024). A Mult

Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington join us on the show to discuss their recent book entitled The Literacy 50: Real-World Answers to Questions About Reading That Keep You Up at Night available throug

My guests for this episode are here to discuss the role of dispositions, motivation, and agency within the classroom. Their names are Dr. Margaret Vaughn and Dr. Dixie Massey. Dr. Margaret Vaughn is a

My guest today is here to talk to use about reading profiles and how to use them in your classroom. Her name is Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling and she is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Special Ed

Youve probably heard about syntax. Maybe youve seen a slide in a presentation that showed a strand of rope labeled as syntax. Or perhaps you learned about sentence structure in school and completed

Teaching reading comprehension is a challenging task. There are many different aspects to teaching reading comprehension and doing it well is a feat. My guests for this episode are here to help us tea

What is the relationship between teachers knowledge, belief, self-efficacy, and instructional practice? My guest today studied 34 rural teachers to learn more. Her name is Dr. Karen Kehoe and she is

The last few years, it seems everyones been talking about phonemic awareness what works best, how to teach it right, and even how much of it students really need. Today, Ive got two experts with m

Welcome to another episode of TLP! In this episode, we discuss assessments their cost, time, and accuracy. Two guests, Dr. Courtenay Barrett and Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller, partnered with a school to ex