Connecting reading research and educational practice.
Mark Seidenberg
Cognitive Scientist | Neuroscientist | Psycholinguist | Author
For more than 30 years, Mark Seidenberg has studied language, reading, and dyslexia as a cognitive scientist, neuroscientist, and psycholinguist. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is the author of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It. Formerly a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he continues to write, speak, and advocate for better use of research to improve how children are taught to read.
Language at the Speed of Light
In this "important, alarming" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.
The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Language at the Speed of Sight offers an erudite and scathing examination of this most human of activities, and concrete proposals for how our society can produce better readers.
“Every teacher of young children as well as those who train them should read this book.” - Wall Street Journal
Thoughts about science, reading, and “the science of reading”
My most recent blog posts about reading and education, and the “science of reading” approach. You can explore my entire blog archive here.
