The Science of Reading, A Handbook

The Science of Reading presents the most recent advances in the study of reading and related skills. Bringing together contributions from a multidisciplinary team of experts, this comprehensive volume reviews theoretical approaches, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading instruction, the neurobiology of reading, and more. Divided into six parts, the book explores word recognition processes in skilled reading, learning to read and spell, reading comprehension and its development, reading and writing in different languages, developmental and acquired reading disorders, and the social, biological, and environmental factors of literacy.

The second edition of The Science of Reading is extensively revised to reflect contemporary theoretical insights and methodological advances. Two entirely new chapters on co-occurrence and complexity are accompanied by reviews of recent findings and discussion of future trends and research directions. Updated chapters cover the development of reading and language in preschools, the social correlates of reading, experimental research on sentence processing, learning to read in alphabetic orthographies, comorbidities that occur frequently with dyslexia, and other central topics.

• Demonstrates how different knowledge sources underpin reading processes using a wide range of methodologies
• Presents critical appraisals of theoretical and computational models of word recognition and evidence-based research on reading intervention
• Reviews evidence on skilled visual word recognition, the role of phonology, methods for identifying dyslexia, and the molecular genetics of reading and language
• Highlights the importance of language as a foundation for literacy and as a risk factor for developmental dyslexia and other reading disorders
• Discusses learning to read in different types of writing systems, with a language impairment, and in variations of the home literacy environment
• Describes the role of contemporary analytical tools such as dominance analysis and quantile regression in modelling the development of reading and comprehension

Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology series, the second edition of The Science of Reading: A Handbook remains an invaluable resource for advanced students, researchers, and specialist educators looking for an up-to-date overview of the field.

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Table of Contents

Front Matter

• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements

Part 1 Word Recognition

1. Progress in Reading Science: Word Identification, Comprehension, and Universal Perspectives - Charles Perfetti and Anne Helder
2. Models of Word Reading: What Have We Learned? - Mark S. Seidenberg, Molly Farry-Thorn, and Jason D. Zevin
3. Word Recognition l: Visual and Orthographic Processing - Jonathan Grainger
4. Word Recognition ll: Phonological Coding in Reading - Marc Brysbaert
5. Word Recognition lll: Morphological Processing - Kathleen Rastle

Part ll: Learning to Read and Spell

6. The Foundations of Literacy - Lorna G. Hamilton and Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas

7. Learning to Read Words - Anne Castles and Kate Nation

8. Learning to Spell Words - Nenagh Kemp and Rebecca Treiman

9. Individual Differences in Learning to Read Words - Donald L. Compton, Laura M. Steacy, Yaacov Petscher, Valeria M. Rigobon, Ashley A. Edwards, and Nuria Guiterrez

10. Teaching Children to Read - Robert Savage

Part lll: Reading Comprehension

11. Reading Comprehension l: Discourse - Paul van den Broek and Panayiota Kendeou

12. Reading Comprehension ll: Sentence Processing - Simon P. Liversedge, Chuanli Zang, and Fefei Liang

13. Modeling the Development of Reading Comprehension - Arne Lervag and Monica Melby-Lervag

14. Children's Reading Comprehension Difficulties - Kate Cain

Part IV: Reading in Different Languages

15. Reading and Reading Disorders in Alphabetic Orthographies - Marketa Caravolas

16. Reading and Reading Disorders in Chinese - Catherine McBride, Xiangzhi Meng, Jun-Ren Lee, and Dora Jue Pan

17. Reading the Akshara Writing System - Sonali Nag

Part V Disorders of Reading

18. Acquired Disorders of Reading and Writing - Anna Woollams, Matthew A. Lambon-Ralph, and Karalyn Patterson

19. Developmental Dyslexia - Richard K. Wagner, Fotena A. Zirps, and Sarah G. Wood

20. Comorbidity of Reading Disorders - Kristina Moll

21. Learning to Read with a Language or Hearing Impairment - Suzanne M. Adlof, Jessica Chan, Krystal Werfel and Hugh W. Catts

Part VI Biological and Social Correlates of Reading

22. The Genetics of Dyslexia: Learning from the Past to Shape the Future - Silvia Paracchini

23. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Learning to Read - Callie W. Little and Sara A. Hart

24. The Neurobiology of Literacy - Jason D. Yeatman

Glossary

Index

"In the rapidly burgeoning, cumulative progress that characterizes our field today, this is the compendium that everyone needs. Graduate students and researchers alike will feast on this collection. (review of 1st edition)"
- Keith E. Stanovich, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

"This authoritative handbook defines the science of reading, reviewing the huge advances in knowledge over the last thirty years in a dazzling display of scholarship. No one interested in the psychology of reading can do without it. (review of 1st edition)"
- Uta Frith, Professor , Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

"At last! The handbook we've all been waiting for - graduate students and seasoned researchers alike - an authoritative, state-of-the-art source-book encompassing all the central topics in the science of reading, with an author list that reads like a Who's Who of basic reading research. The breadth and depth of each of so many seminal reviews confirms the status of reading science as one of the 'trophies' of modern cognitive science. I expect this will remain the definitive work for years to come. (review of 1st edition)"
- David L. Share, University of Haifa, Israel