Description
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of state-of-the-art research on the science of reading, revised and updated throughout
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
Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Prefacexv
Acknowledgmentsxix
Part I Word Recognition 1
1 Progress in Reading Science: Word Identification, Comprehension, and Universal Perspectives 5
Charles Perfetti and Anne Helder
2 Models of Word Reading: What Have We Learned? 36
Mark S. Seidenberg, Molly Farry- Thorn, and Jason D. Zevin
3 Word Recognition I: Visual and Orthographic Processing 60
Jonathan Grainger
4 Word Recognition II: Phonological Coding in Reading 79
Marc Brysbaert
5 Word Recognition III: Morphological Processing 102
Kathleen Rastle
Part II Learning to Read and Spell 121
6 The Foundations of Literacy 125
Lorna G. Hamilton and Marianna E. Hayiou- Thomas
7 Learning to Read Words 148
Anne Castles and Kate Nation
8 Learning to Spell Words 165
Nenagh Kemp and Rebecca Treiman
9 Individual Differences in Learning to Read Words 186
Donald L. Compton, Laura M. Steacy, Yaacov Petscher, Valeria M. Rigobon, Ashley A. Edwards, and Nuria Gutiérrez
10 Teaching Children to Read 209
Robert Savage
Part III Reading Comprehension 235
11 Reading Comprehension I: Discourse 239
Paul van den Broek and Panayiota Kendeou
12 Reading Comprehension II: Sentence Processing 261
Simon P. Liversedge, Chuanli Zang, and Feifei Liang
13 Modeling the Development of Reading Comprehension 280
Arne Lervåg and Monica Melby- Lervåg
14 Children’s Reading Comprehension Difficulties 298
Kate Cain
Part IV Reading in Different Languages 323
15 Reading and Reading Disorders in Alphabetic Orthographies 327
Markéta Caravolas
16 Reading and Reading Disorders in Chinese 354
Catherine McBride, Xiangzhi Meng, Jun-Ren Lee, and Dora Jue Pan
17 Reading the Akshara Writing System 372
Sonali Nag
Part V Disorders of Reading 391
18 Acquired Disorders of Reading and Writing 395
Anna Woollams, Matthew A. Lambon- Ralph, and Karalyn Patterson
19 Developmental Dyslexia 416
Richard K. Wagner, Fotena A. Zirps, and Sarah G. Wood
20 Comorbidity of Reading Disorders 439
Kristina Moll
21 Learning to Read with a Language or Hearing Impairment 460
Suzanne M. Adlof, Jessica Chan, Krystal Werfel, and Hugh W. Catts
Part VI Biological and Social Correlates of Reading 487
22 The Genetics of Dyslexia: Learning from the Past to Shape the Future 491
Silvia Paracchini
23 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Learning to Read 515
Callie W. Little and Sara A. Hart
24 The Neurobiology of Literacy 533
Jason D. Yeatman
Glossary 556
Index 569
