Ebook: The science of reading : a handbook

The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. 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.  Read more... pt. I. Word recognition processes in reading. Modeling reading : the dual-route approach / Max Coltheart -- Connectionist approaches to reading / David C. Plaut -- Visual word recognition : theories and findings / Stephen J. Lupker -- The question of phonology and reading / Guy C. Van Orden and Heidi Kloos -- Eye movements during reading / Keith Rayner, Barbara J. Juhasz, and Alexander Pollatsek -- pt. II. Learning to read and spell. Theories of learning to read / Brian Byrne -- Writing systems and spelling development / Rebecca Treiman and Brett Kessler -- Development of sight word reading : phases and findings / Linnea C. Ehri -- Predicting individual differences in learning to read / Judith A. Bowey -- Social correlates of emergent literacy / Beth M. Phillips and Christopher J. Lonigan -- Literacy and cognitive change / José Morais and Régine Kolinsky -- pt. III. Reading comprehension. Comprehension / Walter Kintsch and Katherine A. Rawson -- The acquisition of reading comprehension skill / Charles A. Perfetti, Nicole Landi and Jane Oakhill -- Children's reading comprehension difficulties / Kate Nation. pt. IV. Reading in different languages. Orthographic systems and skilled word recognition processes in reading / Ram Frost -- Early reading development in European orthographies / Philip H.K. Seymour -- Learning to read in Chinese / J. Richard Hanley -- The nature and causes of dyslexia in different languages / Markéta Caravolas -- pt. V. Disorders of reading and spelling. Developmental dyslexia / Frank R. Vellutino and Jack M. Fletcher -- Learning to read with a hearing impairment / Jacqueline Leybaert -- Learning to read with a language impairment / Margaret J. Snowling and Charles Hulme -- Acquired disorders of reading / Matthew A. Lambon Ralph and Karalyn Patterson -- Spelling disorders / Cristina Romani, Andrew Olson, and Anna Maria DiBetta -- pt. VI. Biological bases of reading. Genetics of dyslexia / Bruce F. Pennington and Richard K. Olson -- Functional brain imaging studies of skilled reading and developmental dyslexia / Cathy J. Price and Eamon McCrory -- pt. VII. Teaching reading. Teaching children to read : what do we know about how to do it? / Catherine E. Snow and Connie Juel -- Recent discoveries on remedial interventions for children with dyslexia / Joseph K. Torgesen