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University Roundtable: Becoming a Reader  (back)
 
Description:
What are the causes of low literacy and why shouldn't more children succeed? A remarkably high percentage of children and adults acquire only basic reading skills, causing innumerable problems for individuals and society. Low literacy has multiple causes, some of which seem intractable (e.g., poverty). Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb Professor Mark Seidenberg nonetheless thinks we could be doing much better than we are. Part of the problem is a disconnection between the cultures of science and education. Scientists know a great deal about how reading works and children learn, little of which has had any impact on teacher education or classroom practices. Dr. Seidenberg will look at these cross-cultural differences, how they developed, and what might be done to overcome them.

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