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Science of Reading:
The Podcast

Science of Reading: The Podcast delivers the latest insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading. Each episode takes a conversational approach and explores a timely topic related to the Science of Reading.

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Meet Our Host: Susan Lambert

In each episode, host Susan Lambert, chief academic officer of elementary humanities at Amplify, explores the increasing body of scientific research about how reading is best taught. As a former classroom teacher, administrator, and curriculum developer, Susan has special interests in turning theory into best practices that educators can use in the classroom and showcasing national models of reading instruction excellence. Listen and subscribe here!

Science of Reading season 9

Science of Reading: The Podcast is back for a reboot! Throughout Season 9, we’ll build on the fundamentals of evidence-based literacy instruction, reexamining the key principles of reading research while exploring the latest science. And we’ll also be paying special attention to the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing throughout!

  • Episode 12: Explicit instruction of academic language, with Adrea Truckenmiller, Ph.D.

    In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Susan Lambert is joined by Adrea Truckenmiller,  associate professor of special education and school psychology at Michigan State University. Their conversation starts with defining academic language and breaking it down on the level of the word, the sentence, and full text. Adrea then touches on topics such as informational vs. narrative text structure, morphological complexity, and effective writing assessment. She also gives advice on how to implement explicit instruction on informational text and academic language, and details a few examples of what it can look like in the classroom. Adrea ends by discussing her passion for special education and encouraging educators to get involved.

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  • Episode 11: Writing the way to better reading, with Judith Hochman, Ed.D.

  • Episode 10: Phonology as a settled science, with Jane Ashby, Ph.D.

  • Episode 9: Identify Developmental Language Disorder in your classroom, with Tiffany Hogan, Ph.D.

  • Episode 8: Cognitive science-informed teaching, with Natalie Wexler

  • Special Episode: Award-winning ways to put science into practice

  • Special Episode: Lessons from the 2024 National Teacher of the Year

  • Episode 7: Neurodiversity and the reading brain, with Ioulia Kovelman, Ph.D.

  • Episode 6: Making high-quality text free and accessible, with Susanne Nobles

  • Episode 5: What makes a literate brain, with Lori Josephson

  • Episode 4: Comprehension is not a skill, with Hugh Catts, Ph.D.

  • Episode 3: Know the non-negotiables in a Science of Reading program, with Kari Kurto

  • Episode 2: Standards are the 'what' and curriculum is the 'how,' with Sue Pimentel

  • Episode 1: Literacy as a catalyst for change, with Ray James

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