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Science of Reading, The: A Handbook

Publication Year:
2005
Edition:
1st
Author:
Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles J.
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN:
978-1-40-511488-2
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Brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills.

Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field, The Science of Reading provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including theoretical approaches, reading processes, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading difficulties, the biology of reading, and reading instruction.

The volume is divided into seven sections:
  • Word Recognition Processes in Reading outlines models of word recognition that have shaped the direction of reading research during the past two decades and presents reviews of research on reading processes from the point of view of experimental psychology.
  • Learning to Read and Spell reviews theories of literacy development and considers cognitive, linguistic and environmental factors that influence the development of reading and spelling.
  • Reading Comprehension provides reviews of reading comprehension processes in adults and children and of reading comprehension impairments.
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Wiley
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles J.
ISBN:
978-1-40-511488-2
Specialty:
  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
Language:
English
Edition:
1st
Pages:
680
Publication Year:
2005
Doody Core Title Score:
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