| Description |
xiv, 1010 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Note |
The original 2-vol. ed. was published by New York : Longman, c1984-1991. Vol. 2 was reprinted by L. Erlbaum in 1996. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Literacy research around the world. Reading Research in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Reading research in the United Kingdom -- Education in transition: trends in Central and Eastern Europe -- Literacy research in Latin America -- Trends in reading research in the United States: changing intellectual currents over three decades -- pt. 2. Methods of literacy research. Making sense of classroom worlds: methodology in teacher research -- Designing programmatic interventions -- Undertaking historical research in literacy -- Narrative approaches -- Critical approaches -- Ethnographic approaches to literacy Research -- Verbal reports and protocol analysis -- A case for single-subject experiments in literacy research -- Discourse and sociocultural studies in reading -- Research synthesis: making sense of the accumulation of knowledge in reading -- pt. 3. Literacy processes. The neurobiology of reading and reading disability (dyslexia) -- Phonological and lexical processes -- Vocabulary processes -- Learning from text: a multidimensional and developmental perspective -- Structural aspects of constructing meaning from text -- Classroom language and literacy learning --Children's literature --Research on response to literature -- Engagement and motivation in reading -- pt. 4. Literacy practices. Emergent literacy: a matter (polyphony) of perspectives -- Beginning reading instruction: research on early interventions -- Phonological awareness -- Vocabulary instruction -- Spelling -- What should comprehensive instruction be the instruction of? -- Literature-based reading instruction -- Integrated literacy instruction -- The role of text in classroom learning -- Reading in the content areas: social constructivist dimensions -- College studying -- Re-mediating reading difficulties: appraising the past, reconciling the present, constructing the future -- Teacher research in the contact zone -- Teaching teachers to teach reading: paradigm shifts, persistent problems, and challenges -- Literacy and Technology: deictic consequences for literacy education in an information age -- The effects of other technologies on literacy and literacy learning -- pt. 5. Literacy policies. Second-language reading as a case study of reading scholarship in the 20th century -- Bilingual children's reading -- A multicultural perspective on policies for improving literacy achievement: equity and excellence -- Family literacy -- Intergenerational literacy within families -- Policy and instruction: what is the relationship? -- Policy-oriented research on literacy standards and assessment. |
| Subject |
Reading.
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Reading. |
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Reading -- Research -- Methodology.
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Reading -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Reading -- Research. |
| Added Author |
Kamil, Michael L.
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| ISBN |
0805823980 cloth |
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0805823999 paperback |
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