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Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading

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If you were ever wondering how students learn to read, how they acquire skills needed for good reading, or how different models and theories play a role in the reading process, then this is your text. The International Reading Association has developed a text based on extensive and comprehensive research in reading development and instruction. This text provides theory needed to understand the reading process, and what students are actually DOING while they read. Articles focus on the cognitive and sociological processes involved in reading development, as well as reading comprehension, vocubulary development, fluency, reading disibilties etc.. It is very hard to read at times, but you DEFIANTLY learn alot from it. Great for a reading research course!

So far I have enjoyed this as a text book full of relevant and somewhat redundant articles. You can find some of the articles on an online website FOR FREE. Unfortunately, my class required some articles that weren't free and amazon sent me this book SOOOOOOOOOOOO late (and I paid 2-3 day shipping) that I had to just bear with it. Overall though, good, but difficult, even for a class of proficient grad students.

Because I spend a great deal of my time on research, any publication that saves me time deserves praise. Many of the important studies I am following appear in this volume. You can spend hours on JSTOR or EBSCO or you can purchase this volume. It is well worth the money, considering I would have spent it on copies & printer ink, anyway.