Reading across the life span /
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New York :
Springer-Verlag,
c1993.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. The Contexts for Reading. 1. Cross-Cultural Factors AffectingInitial Acquisition of Literacy Among Children and Adults / JoBethAllen and Donald L. Rubin. 2. Young Children's Literacy Experiences inHome and School / Elfrieda H. Hiebert. 3. Acquiring and Using LiteracySkills in the Workplace / Jorie W. Philippi. 4. Literacy Patterns inHistorical Perspective / Harvey J. Graff
- Pt. II. Reading inChildhood. 5. The Spelling-Sound Code in Reading / Connie Juel. 6. TheLanguage Code: Issues in Word Recognition / Keith E. Stanovich. 7.Reading Instruction in Childhood and Adolescence / Judith A. Winn andAnnemarie Sullivan Palincsar
- Pt. III. Reading in Adulthood. 8.Reading Comprehension and the Use of Text Structure Across the AdultLife Span / Bonnie J. F. Meyer, Carole J. Young and Brendan J.Bartlett. 9. Reading and Memory for Prose in Adulthood: Issues ofExpertise and Compensation / Roger A. Dixon and Lars Backman. 10."Seductive Details" and Adults' Learning from Text / Ruth Garner.