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Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mark Seidenberg.

Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mark Seidenberg.
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ISBN 9781541617155
9780465019328
Location 372.4 SEI
Author Seidenberg, Mark S., (author).
Title Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mark Seidenberg.
Edition First trade paperback edition.
Published New York : Basic books, 2018.
©2017.
Collation 375 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Content types text
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Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index.
Contents Note Reading, Writing, and Speech -- ch. 1 The Problem and the Paradox -- ch. 2 Visible Language -- ch. 3 Writing: It's All Mesopotamian Cuneiform to Me -- How We Read -- ch. 4 The Eyes Have It -- ch. 5 F u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n rdng rsch -- ch. 6 Becoming a Reader -- ch. 7 Reading: The Eternal Triangle -- ch. 8 Dyslexia and Its Discontents -- ch. 9 Brain Bases of Reading -- The Educational Challenges -- ch. 10 How Well Does America Read? -- ch. 11 The Two Cultures of Science and Education -- ch. 12 Reading the Future.
Summary Note "In 2011, when an international survey reported that students in Shanghai dramatically outperformed American students in reading, math, and science, President Obama declared it a wake-up call for the American education system. However, little has changed since then: over half of our children still read at a basic level and few become highly proficient. The problem is that the way we teach these children how to read is just not working. Educators focus on poverty concerns over educational practices, when both matter ... Understanding the science of reading is more important than ever - for us, and for our children. Cognitive neuroscientist Mark Seidenberg helps us to do so by drawing on cutting-edge research in machine learning, linguistics, and early childhood development. 'Language at the speed of sight' offers an erudite and scathing examination of this most human of activities, along with concrete proposals for how our society can produce better readers." - Back cover.
Subject Reading (Higher education)
Language experience approach in education
Cognition disorders
Psycholinguistics
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