1st Edition

Reading And Writing Acquisition A Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective

By Virginia W Berninger Copyright 1996
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This book discusses the theoretical rationale for the research on reading and writing from a developmental neuropsychological perspective. It reviews current research on the structural and functional development of the brain with respect to reading and writing acquisition.

Preface -- Theoretical Foundations -- Defining the Developmental Neuropsychological -- Biological Constraints on Reading and Writing Acquisition -- Educational Constraints on Reading and Writing Acquisition -- Research on Reading and Writing Acquisition from the Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective -- Introduction to Part II and Multiple Connections and Multiple Procedures for Reading and Spelling Single Words -- Levels of Language and Intraindividual Differences in Levels of Language in Reading Comprehension and Composition -- Multiple Constraints and Shared Subsystems in Writing Acquisition -- Implications of the Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective for Assessing, Preventing, and Remediating Reading and Writing Disabilities

Biography

Virgina Wise Berninger