The Science of Reading A Handbook

by Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781405168113
• ISBN10: 1405168110
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Science of Reading 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 ReadingLearning to Read and SpellReading Comprehension providesReading in Different LanguagesDisorders of Reading and SpellingBiological Bases of ReadingFinally, Teaching Reading

Author Biography

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. Widely recognised as an expert in the field of children’s reading and language difficulties, she was awarded the British Psychological Society Presidents’ Award 2003 for distinguished contributions to psychological knowledge and is President-Elect of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. She is the author of the bestselling text, Dyslexia (Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2000).

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. His research is on memory, reading and language processes and their development. He was the joint recipient of the Dina Fietelson Award of the International Reading Association for research on reading intervention, in 1998.

Table of Contents

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

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