The Science of Reading: A HandbookISBN: 978-1-4051-6811-3
Paperback
678 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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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 Spell; Reading Comprehension; Reading
in Different Languages; Disorders of Reading and Spelling;
Biological Bases of Reading; Teaching Reading
- Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field