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Science of Reading A Handbook

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ISBN-10: 1405168110

ISBN-13: 9781405168113

Edition: 2007

Authors: Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme, Anna Maria Di Betta, Judith A. Bowey, Brian Byrne

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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 highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. 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 Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field
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Book details

List price: $73.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 678
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.70" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English

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List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Word Recognition Processes in Reading: Editorial Part I
Modelling Reading: The Dual-Route Approach
Connectionist Approaches to Reading
Visual Word Recognition: Theories and Findings
The Question of Phonology and Reading
Eye Movements During Reading
Learning to Read and Spell: Editorial Part II
Theories of Learning to Read
Writing Systems and Spelling Development
Development of Sight Word Reading: Phases and Findings
Predicting Individual Differences in Learning to Read
Social Correlates of Emergent Literacy
Literacy and Cognitive Change
Reading Comprehension: Editorial Part III
Comprehension
The Acquisition of Reading Comprehension Skill
Children's Reading Comprehension Difficulties
Reading in Different Languages: Editorial Part IV
Orthographic Systems and Skilled Word Recognition Processes in Reading
Early Reading Development in European Orthographies
Learning to Read in Chinese
The Nature and Causes of Dyslexia in Different Languages
Disorders of Reading and Spelling: Editorial Part V
Developmental Dyslexia
Learning to Read with a Hearing Impairment
Learning to Read with a Language Impairment
Acquired Disorders of Reading
Spelling Disorders
Biological Bases of Reading: Editorial Part VI
Genetics of Dyslexia
Functional Brain Imaging Studies of Skilled Reading and Developmental Dyslexia
Teaching Reading: Editorial Part VII
Teaching Children to Read: What Do We Know About How to Do It?
Recent Discoveries from Research on Remedial Interventions for Children with Dyslexia
Glossary of Terms
References
Author Index
Subject Index