Imagery and text : a dual coding theory of reading and writing / / Mark Sadoski and Allan Paivio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786089503321
• Autore: Sadoski Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-62329-9; 1-283-94286-0; 0-203-80193-8; 1-136-62330-2
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PaivioAllan
• Disciplina: 302.2/244
• Soggetti: Cognition; Psycholinguistics; Imagery (Psychology); Meaning (Psychology); Reading - Psychological aspects; Writing - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Unified theory of literacy -- Historical and philosophical background -- Dual coding in literacy -- Meaning and comprehension -- Memory -- Neuroscience and DCT in literacy -- Reading process -- Written composition -- Educational applications of DCT.
• Sommario/riassunto: Imagery and Text, Second Edition extends the first edition's unified theory of cognition in literacy from the perspective of Dual Coding Theory (DCT), one of the most influential and empirically sound theories of cognition ever developed. This theory provides a comprehensive, systematic account of all major aspects of literacy including decoding, comprehension, and response in reading and composing in writing. The Second Edition updates DCT as a scientific theory, a cognitive theory, an embodied theory, and a constructivist theory of literacy. New content includes a detailed accoun