ABSTRACT

The influential first volume of the Handbook of Reading Research was published in 1984. This classic work, an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals across the field of reading and literacy education, is now available once again in on-line and print-on-demand versions. 

part |2 pages

Part One Methodological Issues

chapter 1|36 pages

The History of Reading Research

chapter 2|24 pages

Current Traditions of Reading Research

chapter 3|28 pages

Design and Analysis of Experiments

chapter 6|36 pages

Assessment in Reading

part |2 pages

Part Two Basic Processes: The State of the Art

chapter 7|40 pages

Models of the Reading Process

chapter 8|30 pages

Word Recognition

chapter 10|26 pages

Listening and Reading

chapter 11|34 pages

The Structure of Text

chapter 12|42 pages

Metacognitive Skills and Reading

chapter 15|18 pages

Understanding Figurative Language

part |2 pages

Part Three Instructional Practices: The State of the Art

chapter 19|26 pages

Word Identification

chapter 20|48 pages

Research on Teaching Reading Comprehension

chapter 21|24 pages

Studying

chapter 22|64 pages

Readability

chapter 23|54 pages

Classroom Instruction in Reading

chapter 24|30 pages

Managing Instruction

chapter 25|36 pages

Oral Reading