Perception of Print: Reading Research in Experimental Psychology (Psychology Library Editions: Perception) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138210781 ISBN 13: 9781138210783

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

In the late 1970s, reading research had become a true interdisciplinary endeavour with flavours of anthropology, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, educational psychology, linguistics, neuroscience and instructional technology.

Given appropriate integration, results from these diverse perspectives can enhance our understanding of reading behaviour tremendously, both in its acquisition and in its skilled functioning. Thus, the enthusiasm for such interdisciplinary interaction had been quite intense for some time. In the years before publication, the National Reading Conference had been doing everything possible to accelerate this interaction. Originally published in 1981, the chapters in this book are the fruits of that effort.

The research focuses on specifying skills in identifying alphabetical elements and the rules that govern their combination, on constructing models that characterize the recognition of individual words and the interpretation of texts, and on discovering what factors are responsible for blocking the normal acquisition process in many children. Chapters 2 to 12 of this book reflect these changing foci. They are nevertheless sandwiched by two chapters that deal with the historical background and future outlook of reading instruction.

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Ovid J.L. Tzeng, Harry Singer

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138210781
• ISBN 13: 9781138210783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Tzeng Ovid J.L., Singer Harry