| Description |
viii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Elaine Funnell and Morag Stuart -- 1. Learning to Read: Psychology and Education / Roger Beard -- 2. Recognizing Printed Words Unlocks the Door to Reading: How Do Children Find the Key? / Morag Stuart -- 3. Cognitive Psychology of Reading Acquisition in the Classroom: Fact or Fantasy? /Philip H.K. Seymour and Henryka M. Evans -- 4. Assessing Reading Skills / Nata Goulandris and Margaret Snowling -- 5. Helping to Overcome Early Reading Failure by Combining the Teaching of Reading and Phonological Skills / Peter J. Hatcher, Charles Hulme and Andrew W. Ellis -- 6. Learning to Understand Written Language / Jane Oakhill and Nicola Yuill --Postscript / Elaine Funnell and Morag Stuart |
| Summary |
Early chapters appraise current educational practices in the teaching of reading and relate these to our present understanding of what it is that children learn when they begin to read. As a central theme, the normal pattern of reading development is compared with disturbed reading development. Later chapters discuss methods of assessing reading ability in individual children and report a well-designed and successful treatment programme carried out in the classroom with groups of poor readers. Finally, the book addresses the problems of children who may master the mechanics of reading but fail to understand what they read |
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Learning to Read: Psychology in the Classroom is an informative and stimulating book for all those involved in the study of reading and the teaching of reading skills. This lively book links the study of cognitive processes involved in reading with the reading skills acquired by the learning child, and with the practical needs of teachers. Throughout, the importance of applying a scientific approach to the study and teaching of reading is emphasized |
| Notes |
Developed from a 1991 symposium organized by the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Reading -- Congresses.
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Reading, Psychology of -- Congresses.
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Reading, Psychology of.
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Reading.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Funnell, Elaine.
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Stuart, Morag.
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British Psychological Society. Cognitive Psychology Section.
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| LC no. |
94036183 |
| ISBN |
0631191321 (acid-free paper) |
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063119133X (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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