1st Edition

Competent Reader, Disabled Reader Research and Application

Edited By Martin H. Singer Copyright 1982
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

In the past frustration with experimental reports had caused educators to dismiss the entire reading research enterprise. Originally published in 1982, this book attempts to abstract those experimental results relevant to developing effective reading programs. The book concentrates on the more mechanical aspects of reading skill such as visual discrimination ability, visual and auditory memory,... Read more

Preface.  Acknowledgments.  Part I: Competent Reading  Introduction Martin H. Singer  1. Competent Reading: A Laboratory Description Martin H. Singer  Part II: Reading Disability  Introduction Martin H. Singer and Keith E. Stanovich  2. Reading Disability Research: A Misguided Search for Differences Martin H. Singer  3. Context Use and Reading Disability Martin H. Singer  4. Insensitivity to Ordered Information and the Failure to Read Martin H. Singer  5. Word Recognition Skill and Reading Ability Keith E. Stanovich  6. Neurological Correlates of Reading Failure Joshua Staller  Part III: Applications  Introduction Martin H. Singer  7. What’s in a Model: Reading Theory and Reading Instruction Thomas H. Carr  8. Helping Students Learn How to Learn from Written Texts John B. Bransford, Barry S. Stein and Nancy J. Vye  9. Perceptual Learning: Letter Discrimination and Orthographic Knowledge Martin H. Singer.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Martin H. Singer