544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
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The last 20 years have witnessed a revolution in reading research. Cognitive psychologists, using high-speed computers to aid in the collection and analysis of data, have developed tools that have begun to answer questions that were previously thought unanswerable. These tools allow for a "chronometric," or moment-to-moment, analysis of the reading process. Foremost among them is the use of the... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Background Information. Introduction and Preliminary Information. Writing Systems. Word Perception. Part II: Skilled Reading of Text. The Work of the Eyes. Eye-Movement Control During Reading. Inner Speech. Part III: Understanding Text. Words and Sentences. Representation of Discourse. Part IV: Beginning Reading and Reading Disability. Learning to Read. Stages of Reading Development. Dyslexia. Part V: Toward a Model of Reading. Speedreading, Proofreading, and Individual Differences. Models of Reading.
Biography
Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek
