Children's comprehension problems in oral and written language : a cognitive perspective /
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children withou...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
2007
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| Series: | Challenges in language and literacy.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to comprehension development / Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain
- Reading comprehension difficulties: correlates, causes, and consequences / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill
- Comprehension difficulties in children with specific language impairment and pragmatic language impairment / Nicola Botting
- Language comprehension difficulties in children with autistim spectrum disorders / Susan Leekam
- Story comprehension impairments in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / Elizabeth P. Lorch [and others]
- Reading comprehension and working memory in children with learning disabilities in reading / H. Lee Swanson, Crystal B. Howard, and Leilani Sáez
- Comprehension in a neurodevelopmental disorder, spina bifida myelomeningocele / Marcia A. Barnes, Amber M. Johnston, and Maureen Dennis
- Impaired discourse gist in pediatric brain injury: missing the forest for the trees / Lori G. Cook, Sandra B. Chapman, and Jacquelyn F. Gamino
- The comprehension of skilled deaf readers: the roles of word recognition and other potentially critical aspects of competence / Leonard P. Kelly and Dragana Barac-Cikoja
- Cognitive bases of children's language comprehension difficulties: where do we go from here? / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill.
