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Beyond decoding : the behavioral and biological foundations of reading comprehension / edited by Richard K. Wagner, Christopher Schatschneider, and Caroline Phythian-Sence.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reading comprehension.
- Reading comprehension--Psychological aspects.
- Cognitive learning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guilford Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What cognitive processes and skills do children draw on to make meaning from text? How are these capacities consolidated over the course of development? What puts some learners at risk for comprehension difficulties? This authoritative volume presents state-of-the-science research on the behavioral and biological components of successful reading comprehension. Uniquely integrative, the book covers everything from decoding, fluency, and vocabulary knowledge to embodiment theory, eye movements, gene?environment interactions, and neurobiology. The contributors are pr
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Cognitive approaches
- pt. 2. Developmental approaches
- pt. 3. Individual-differences approaches
- pt. 4. Biological-based approaches
- pt. 5. Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-31928-0
- 9786612319280
- 1-60623-312-2
- OCLC:
- 460685024
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