Snowling

Science Reading

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Reading * Learning to Read and Spell * Reading Comprehension provides * Reading in Different Languages * Disorders of Reading and Spelling * Biological Bases of Reading * Finally, Teaching Reading

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 678
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1150g
• ISBN-13: 9781405168113
• ISBN-10: 1405168110
• Artikelnr.: 23519988

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Word Recognition Processes in Reading.

Part 2: Learning to Read and Spell.

Part 3: Reading Comprehension.

Part 4: Reading in Different Languages.

Part 5: Disorders of Reading and Spelling.

Part 6: Biological Bases of Reading.

Part 7: Teaching Reading.

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Rezensionen

"In the rapidly burgeoning, cumulative progress that characterizesour field today, this is the compendium that everyone needs.Graduate students and researchers alike will feast on thiscollection."
Professor Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto,Canada

"This authoritative handbook defines the science of reading,reviewing the huge advances in knowledge over the last thirty yearsin a dazzling display of scholarship. No one interested in thepsychology of reading can do without it."
Professor Uta Frith, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,University College London

"At last! The handbook we've all been waiting for - graduatestudents and seasoned researchers alike - an authoritative,state-of-the-art source-book encompassing all the central topics inthe science of reading, with an author list that reads like a Who'sWho of basic reading research. The breadth and depth of each of somany seminal reviews confirms the status of reading science as oneof the 'trophies' of modern cognitive science. I expect this willremain the definitive work for years to come."
David L. Share, University of Haifa, Israel

"An invaluable reference text for researchers, graduatestudents and educators with an interest in reading ... Irecommend the book highly for anyone interested in the state ofunderstanding of reading and its development."
Fiona Lyddy, The Irish Psychologist