Comprehension Processes in Reading
Author | : D. A. Balota |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1990 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780805806533 |
ISBN-13 | : 0805806539 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Comprehension Processes in Reading addresses the interrelationship among several areas relevant to understanding how people comprehend text. The contributors focus on the on-line processes associated with text understanding rather than simply with the product of that comprehension -- what people remember from reading. Presenting the latest theories and research findings from a distinguished group of contributors, Comprehension Processes in Reading is divided into four major sections. Each section, concluding with a commentary chapter, discusses a different aspect of reader understanding or dysfunction such as individual word comprehension, sentence parsing, text comprehension, and comprehension failures and dyslexia .