The science of reading : a handbook /
edited by Margaret J. Snowling and Charles Hulme.
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
- 1 online resource (1 volume).
- Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology .
- Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Modeling 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 / 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 / Comprehension / The acquisition of reading comprehension skill / Children's reading comprehension difficulties / Max Coltheart -- David C. Plaut -- Stephen J. Lupker -- Guy C. Van Orden and Heidi Kloos -- Keith Rayner, Barbara J. Juhasz, and Alexander Pollatsek -- Brian Byrne -- Rebecca Treiman and Brett Kessler -- Linnea C. Ehri -- Judith A. Bowey -- Beth M. Phillips and Christopher J. Lonigan -- José Morais and Régine Kolinsky -- Walter Kintsch and Katherine A. Rawson -- Charles A. Perfetti, Nicole Landi and Jane Oakhill -- Kate Nation. pt. I. Word recognition processes in reading. pt. II. Learning to read and spell. pt. III. Reading comprehension. 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 / Developmental dyslexia / Learning to read with a hearing impairment / Learning to read with a language impairment / Acquired disorders of reading / Spelling disorders / Genetics of dyslexia / Functional brain imaging studies of skilled reading and developmental dyslexia / Teaching children to read : what do we know about how to do it? / Recent discoveries on remedial interventions for children with dyslexia / Ram Frost -- Philip H.K. Seymour -- J. Richard Hanley -- Markéta Caravolas -- Frank R. Vellutino and Jack M. Fletcher -- Jacqueline Leybaert -- Margaret J. Snowling and Charles Hulme -- Matthew A. Lambon Ralph and Karalyn Patterson -- Cristina Romani, Andrew Olson, and Anna Maria DiBetta -- Bruce F. Pennington and Richard K. Olson -- Cathy J. Price and Eamon McCrory -- Catherine E. Snow and Connie Juel -- Joseph K. Torgesen. pt. IV. Reading in different languages. pt. V. Disorders of reading and spelling. pt. VI. Biological bases of reading. pt. VII. Teaching reading.
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.