The science of reading [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook / / edited by Margaret J. Snowling and Charles Hulme

• Record Nr.: UNISA996214595103316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• ISBN: 1-118-71230-7; 0-470-75763-9; 1-281-32112-5; 9786611321123; 1-281-21458-2; 1-78034-197-0; 9786611214586; 1-4051-6594-4; 0-470-75764-7; 1-4051-4150-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (680 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology
• Altri autori (Persone): SnowlingMargaret J; HulmeCharles
• Disciplina: 428.4
• Soggetti: Reading; Reading - Research; Reading, Psychology of
• 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 (p. [550]-642) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The Science of Reading: A Handbook; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Word Recognition Processes in Reading; Editorial Part I; 1 Modeling Reading: The Dual-Route Approach; 2 Connectionist Approaches to Reading; 3 Visual Word Recognition: Theories and Findings; 4 The Question of Phonology and Reading; 5 Eye Movements During Reading; Part II: Learning to Read and Spell; Editorial Part II; 6 Theories of Learning to Read; 7 Writing Systems and Spelling Development; 8 Development of Sight Word Reading: Phases and Findings; 9 Predicting Individual Differences in Learning to Read10 Social ; Correlates of Emergent Literacy; 11 Literacy and Cognitive Change; Part III: Reading Comprehension; Editorial Part III; 12 Comprehension; 13 The Acquisition of Reading Comprehension Skill; 14 Children's Reading Comprehension Difficulties; Part IV: Reading in Different Languages; Editorial Part IV; 15 Orthographic Systems and Skilled Word Recognition Processes in Reading; 16 Early Reading Development in European Orthographies; 17 Learning to Read in Chinese; 18 The Nature and Causes of Dyslexia in Different Languages; Part V: Disorders of Reading and SpellingEditorial Part V; 19 Developmental Dyslexia; 20 Learning to Read with a Hearing Impairment; 21 Learning to Read with a Language Impairment; 22 Acquired Disorders of Reading; 23 Spelling Disorders; Part VI: The Biological Bases of Reading; Editorial Part VI; 24 Genetics of Dyslexia; 25 Functional Brain Imaging Studies of Skilled Reading and Developmental Dyslexia; Part VII: Teaching Reading; Editorial Part VII; 26 Teaching Children to Read: What Do We Know about How to Do It?; 27 Recent Discoveries on Remedial Interventions for Children with Dyslexia; Glossary of TermsReferences; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Divided into seven sections:Word Recognition Processes in Reading; Learning to Read and