Literacy processes : cognitive flexibility in learning and teaching / edited by Kelly B. Cartwright ; foreword by Gedeon O. Deák.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cartwright, Kelly B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading.

Reading, Psychology of.

Constructivism (Education).

Physical Description:

xvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2008]

Contents:

Part I Theoretical Foundations

1 Introduction to Literacy Processes: Cognitive Flexibility in Learning and Teaching / Kelly B. Cartwright 3

2 Cognitive and Representational Development in Children / Bruce D. Homer, Elizabeth O. Hayward 19

3 Cognitive and Representational Development in Adults / Jan D. Sinnott 42

Part II Flexibility in Word-Level Processes

4 The Role of Representational Ability in the Development of Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children / M. Jeffrey Farrar, Sylvia Ashwell 71

5 Developing Cognitive Flexibility in Word Reading among Beginning and Struggling Readers / Irene W. Gaskins 90

6 Flexibility in Word Reading: Multiple Levels of Representations, Complex Mappings, Partial Similarities, and Cross-Modality Connections / Virginia W. Berninger, William E. Nagy 114

7 Graphophonological-Semantic Flexibility: Contributions to Skilled Reading across the Lifespan / Kelly B. Cartwright, Melinda D. Hodgkiss, Marisa C. Isaac 142

Part III Flexibility in Comprehension Processes

8 An Invitation to Study Professionals Reading Professional-Level Texts: A Window on Exceptionally Complex, Flexible Reading / Michael Pressley, Mary Lundeberg 165

9 Flexible Use of Comprehension Monitoring Strategies: Investigating What a Complex Reading Framework Might Look Like / Susan E. Israel 188

10 Content-Area Reading/Learning: Flexibility in Knowledge Acquisition / Cynthia Hynd Shanahan, Timothy Shanahan 208

11 Fluent Reading and the Representation of Texts / Betty Ann Levy, W. Matthew Collins 234

Part IV Flexibility in Instructional Practice

12 The Impact of Flexibility on Vocabulary and Comprehension Development / Sheri R. Parris, Cathy Collins Block 257

13 Flexibility and Developmental Coordination: Keys to Negotiating Beginning Reading Materials / Heidi Anne E. Mesmer 278

14 Teaching Flexibility?: Possibilities and Challenges / Dixie Massey 300

15 Using Technology to Teach Flexibility through Peer Discussion / Nicola Yuill, Lucinda Kerawalla, Darren Pearce, Rose Luckin, Amanda Harris 320

16 The Dynamics of Flexibility in Effective Literacy Teaching / Ruth Wharton-McDonald 342

17 Concluding Reflections: What Can We Learn from Considering Implications of Representational Development and Flexibility for Literacy Teaching and Learning? / Kelly B. Cartwright 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593856540

1593856547

9781593856533

1593856539

OCLC:

187549202