Margaret J Snowling, Charles Hulme, Kate Nation
The Science of Reading presents the most recent advances in the study of reading and related skills. Bringing together contributions from a multidisciplinary team of experts, this comprehensive volume reviews theoretical approaches, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading instruction, the neurobiology of reading, and more. Divided into six parts, the book explores word recognition processes in skilled reading, learning to read and spell, reading comprehension and its development, reading and writing in different languages, developmental and acquired reading disorders, and the social, biological, and environmental factors of literacy.
The second edition of The Science of Reading is extensively revised to reflect contemporary theoretical insights and methodological advances. Two entirely new chapters on co-occurrence and complexity are accompanied by reviews of recent findings and discussion of future trends and research directions. Updated chapters cover the development of reading and language in preschools, the social correlates of reading, experimental research on sentence processing, learning to read in alphabetic orthographies, comorbidities that occur frequently with dyslexia, and other central topics.
Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology series, the second edition of The Science of Reading: A Handbook remains an invaluable resource for advanced students, researchers, and specialist educators looking for an up-to-date overview of the field.
Front Matter
Part 1 Word Recognition
Part ll: Learning to Read and Spell
6. The Foundations of Literacy - Lorna G. Hamilton and Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas
7. Learning to Read Words - Anne Castles and Kate Nation
8. Learning to Spell Words - Nenagh Kemp and Rebecca Treiman
9. Individual Differences in Learning to Read Words - Donald L. Compton, Laura M. Steacy, Yaacov Petscher, Valeria M. Rigobon, Ashley A. Edwards, and Nuria Guiterrez
10. Teaching Children to Read - Robert Savage
Part lll: Reading Comprehension
11. Reading Comprehension l: Discourse - Paul van den Broek and Panayiota Kendeou
12. Reading Comprehension ll: Sentence Processing - Simon P. Liversedge, Chuanli Zang, and Fefei Liang
13. Modeling the Development of Reading Comprehension - Arne Lervag and Monica Melby-Lervag
14. Children's Reading Comprehension Difficulties - Kate Cain
Part IV: Reading in Different Languages
15. Reading and Reading Disorders in Alphabetic Orthographies - Marketa Caravolas
16. Reading and Reading Disorders in Chinese - Catherine McBride, Xiangzhi Meng, Jun-Ren Lee, and Dora Jue Pan
17. Reading the Akshara Writing System - Sonali Nag
Part V Disorders of Reading
18. Acquired Disorders of Reading and Writing - Anna Woollams, Matthew A. Lambon-Ralph, and Karalyn Patterson
19. Developmental Dyslexia - Richard K. Wagner, Fotena A. Zirps, and Sarah G. Wood
20. Comorbidity of Reading Disorders - Kristina Moll
21. Learning to Read with a Language or Hearing Impairment - Suzanne M. Adlof, Jessica Chan, Krystal Werfel and Hugh W. Catts
Part VI Biological and Social Correlates of Reading
22. The Genetics of Dyslexia: Learning from the Past to Shape the Future - Silvia Paracchini
23. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Learning to Read - Callie W. Little and Sara A. Hart
24. The Neurobiology of Literacy - Jason D. Yeatman
Glossary
Index
"In the rapidly burgeoning, cumulative progress that characterizes our field today, this is the compendium that everyone needs. Graduate students and researchers alike will feast on this collection. (review of 1st edition)"
- Keith E. Stanovich, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
"This authoritative handbook defines the science of reading, reviewing the huge advances in knowledge over the last thirty years in a dazzling display of scholarship. No one interested in the psychology of reading can do without it. (review of 1st edition)"
- Uta Frith, Professor , Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
"At last! The handbook we've all been waiting for - graduate students and seasoned researchers alike - an authoritative, state-of-the-art source-book encompassing all the central topics in the science of reading, with an author list that reads like a Who's Who of basic reading research. The breadth and depth of each of so many seminal reviews confirms the status of reading science as one of the 'trophies' of modern cognitive science. I expect this will remain the definitive work for years to come. (review of 1st edition)"
- David L. Share, University of Haifa, Israel