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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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Cover; UNDERSTANDING READERS'UNDERSTANDING Theory and Practice; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PART I TEXT CONSIDERATIONS; 1 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; 2 TEXT, ATTENTION, AND MEMORY IN READING RESEARCH; 3 FOLLOWING THE AUTHOR'S TOP-LEVEL ORGANIZATION: AN IMPORTANT SKILL FOR READING COMPREHENSION; 4 ON INVESTIGATING CHILDREN'S TRANSITION FROM NARRATIVE TO EXPOSITORY DISCOURSE: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEXT CLASSIFICATION; 5 THE READER'S AFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO NARRATIVE TEXT; PART II LANGUAGE, KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, AND INFERENCE |
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6 THE SCHEMA: A LONG-TERM MEMORY STRUCTURE OR A TRANSIENT STRUCTURAL PHENOMENA7 THE ROLE OF ""TYPICALITY"" IN READING COMPREHENSION; 8 DISCOURSE CONVENTIONS AND LITERARY INFERENCE: TOWARD A THEORETICAL MODEL; 9 READER'S UNDERSTANDING OF METAPHOR: IMPLICATIONS OF LINGUISTIC THEORY FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH; 10 COMPREHENSION AS CONTEXT: TOWARD RECONSIDERATION OF A TRANSACTIONAL THEORY OF READING; 11 AUTHOR'S INTENTIONS AND READERS' INTERPRETATION; PART III INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES; 12 TOWARD A PEDAGOGY OF INFERENTIAL COMPREHENSION AND CREATIVE RESPONSE |
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13 LEARNING TO READ: SETIING STUDENTS UP14 STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING READER-TEXT INTERACTIONS; 15 INSTRUCTIONAL RESEARCH ON LITERACY AND READING: PARAMETERS, PERSPECTIVES, AND PREDICTIONS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
This collection features papers addressing current issues in reading comprehension from cognitive and linguistic perspectives. Organized into three sections, the volume investigates text considerations and reader-text interactions. Each paper presents a substantial and comprehensive review of theory and research related to cognition and reading comprehension |
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Print version record |
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Reading comprehension.
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Reading, Psychology of.
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Children -- Books and reading.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Children -- Books and reading
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Reading comprehension
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Reading, Psychology of
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tierney, Robert J.
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Anders, Patricia L.
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Mitchell, Judy Nichols.
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| ISBN |
9781136563126 |
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1136563121 |
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