This book discusses the theoretical rationale for the research on reading and writing from a developmental neuropsychological perspective. It reviews current research on the structural and functional development of the brain with respect to reading and writing acquisition.
Preface -- Theoretical Foundations -- Defining the Developmental Neuropsychological -- Biological Constraints on Reading and Writing Acquisition -- Educational Constraints on Reading and Writing Acquisition -- Research on Reading and Writing Acquisition from the Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective -- Introduction to Part II and Multiple Connections and Multiple Procedures for Reading and Spelling Single Words -- Levels of Language and Intraindividual Differences in Levels of Language in Reading Comprehension and Composition -- Multiple Constraints and Shared Subsystems in Writing Acquisition -- Implications of the Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective for Assessing, Preventing, and Remediating Reading and Writing Disabilities
Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Charles Bazerman, Arthur N. Applebee, Virginia W. Berninger, Deborah Brandt, Steve Graham, Jill V. Jeffery, Paul Kei Matsuda, Sandra Murphy, Deborah Wells Rowe, Mary Schleppegrell
Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Charles Bazerman, Arthur N. Applebee, Virginia W. Berninger, Deborah Brandt, Steve Graham, Jill V. Jeffery, Paul Kei Matsuda, Sandra Murphy, Deborah Wells Rowe, Mary Schleppegrell