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Author Miller, Brett, author.

Title Unraveling reading comprehension : behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components / by Brett Miller, Ph. D., Laurie E. Cutting, Ph. D., and Peggy McCardle, Ph. D., MPH.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Maryland : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2013]

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Description 1 online resource.
Series The extraordinary brain series ; XIII
Extraordinary brain series ; 13.
Note "This volume celebrates the 13th symposium in the Extraordinary Brain Series"--Prelimimary pages.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Cover; Book Title; Contents; About the Editors; About the Contributors; The Dyslexia Foundation and the Extraordinary Brain Series; Acknowledgments; Section I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Unraveling the Behavioral, Neurobiological, and Genetic Components of Reading Comprehension: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Reflections on Transitions in the Field of Dyslexia: Learning from the Past to Benefit the Future; Section II: What Goes Wrong When Reading Comprehension Fails?; Chapter 3: Reading Comprehension and Reading Comprehension Problems: A Word-to-Text Integration Perspective.
Chapter 4: How Might Comprehension Deficits Be Explained by the Constraints of Text and Multilevel Discourse Processes?Chapter 5: Sources of Comprehension Problems During Reading; Chapter 6: Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Struggling Readers; Chapter 7: Oral Language Disorders and Reading Comprehension Problems; Chapter 8: Is Reading the Same as Viewing? An Exploration of the Similarities and Differences Between Processing Text- and Visually Based Narratives; Integrative Summary 1: What Goes Wrong When Reading Comprehension Fails?
Section III: How Can Assessment and Statistical and Computational Modeling Help Us Understand Reading Comprehension?Chapter 9: Rationale for a New Generation of Reading Comprehension Assessments; Chapter 10: The Development of Eye-Movement Control and Reading Skill; Chapter 11: Taking Models and Neuroimaging to Task: What Do We Know About How People Actually Read?; Chapter 12: What Can Be Learned About the Reading Comprehension of Poor Readers Through the Use of Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques?
Integrative Summary 2: Understanding Limitations of the Past to Facilitate Future Advances in Reading Comprehension ResearchSection IV: The Neurobiology and Genetics of Reading and Reading Comprehension; Chapter 13: From Words to Text: Neurobiology and Behavioral Bases of Reading Comprehension; Chapter 14: Neuroimaging Studies of Reading Disabilities: Toward Brain-Based Learning Models; Chapter 15: The Proactive Comprehender: What Event-Related Potentials Tell Us About the Dynamics of Reading Comprehension.
Chapter 16: Relating Reading Comprehension to Language and Broader Reading Skills: A Behavioral Genetics ApproachChapter 17: What We Know (or Do Not Know) About the Genetics of Reading Comprehension and Other Reading-Related Processes; Integrative Summary 3: The Neurobiology and Genetics of Reading and Reading Comprehension; Section V: Intervention: Addressing the Needs of Learners; Chapter 18: Intervening to Support Reading Comprehension Development with Diverse Learners.
Summary What do we know about reading comprehension-and what do we need to know in order to improve it and help all students become confident readers? This urgently needed research volume is the only cohesive, up-to-date compendium of knowledge about the behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. More than 40 top researchers from multiple disciplines present the latest findings on comprehension, addressing theory and science, effective instruction and intervention, and priorities for future research that will move the field forward. DISCOVER THE LATEST ON: the trajec.
Subject Reading, Psychology of.
Reading comprehension.
Cognitive learning.
Reading disability.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
Cognitive learning. (OCoLC)fst00866532
Reading comprehension. (OCoLC)fst01090771
Reading disability. (OCoLC)fst01090800
Reading, Psychology of. (OCoLC)fst01090844
Added Author Cutting, Laurie E.
McCardle, Peggy D., author.
Dyslexia Foundation.
Other Form: Print version: Miller, Brett. Unraveling reading comprehension 9781598572445 (DLC) 2013007051 (OCoLC)830030338
ISBN 9781598573947 (electronic bk.)
1598573942 (electronic bk.)
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