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“jane oakhill”

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  • Understanding and Teaching Reading Comprehension

    A handbook

    by Jane Oakhill, Kate Cain, Carsten Elbro ...
    The ultimate aim of reading is not the process but to understand what we read and comprehension can take place at many different levels. There has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of reading comprehension in recent years but despite this there is very little written on this vital topic accessible to trainee and practicing teachers.The Handbook of Reading Comprehension presents an ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Mental Models In Cognitive Science

    Essays In Honour Of Phil Johnson-Laird

    Edited by Alan Garnham, Jane Oakhill ...
    Phil Johnson-Laird's theory of mental models has proved to be an influential development in the cognitive sciences. This theory aims to provide a detailed account of both reasoning and inference on the one hand, and language on the other. It can therefore be regarded as a step toward the much-sought-after unified theory of cognition.; This book provides an overview of mental models research. Some ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Reading Comprehension Difficulties

    Processes and Intervention

    Edited by Cesare Cornoldi, Jane V. Oakhill ...
    Recognizing the characteristics of children with learning disabilities and deciding how to help them is a problem faced by schools all over the world. Although some disorders are fairly easily recognizable (e.g., mental retardation) or very specific to single components of performance and quite rare (e.g., developmental dyscalculia), schools must consider much larger populations of children with ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience. It is the theory that the brain is essentially a hypothesis-testing mechanism, one that attempts to minimise the error of its predictions about the sensory input it receives from the world. It is an attractive theory because powerful theoretical arguments support it, and yet it is at heart stunningly simple. Jakob Hohwy explains and explores this theory ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science

    Edited by Keith Frankish, William Ramsey ...
    Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition. The result has been the emergence of one of the most ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

    Edited by Susan M. Gass, Alison Mackey ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together fifty leading international figures in the field to produce a state-of-the-art overview of Second Language Acquisition.The Handbook covers a wide range of topics related to Second Language Acquisition: language in context, linguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic theories and perspectives, skill learning, individual ... Read more

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  • Exploring Language Pedagogy through Second Language Acquisition Research

    by Rod Ellis, Natsuko Shintani ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics
    Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are also ideal for language professionals returning to academic study.The books take an innovative ... Read more

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  • Deductive Reasoning and Strategies

    Edited by Walter Schaeken, Gino De Vooght, Andr‚ Vandierendonck, G‚ry d'Ydewalle, Gery d'Ydewalle ...
    This book brings together both theoretical and empirical research directed toward the role of strategies in deductive reasoning. It offers the first systematic attempt to discuss the role of strategies for deductive reasoning. The empirical chapters correspond well with the main issues in the study of deduction, namely propositional reasoning, spatial reasoning, and syllogistic reasoning. In ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

    Edited by Julia Herschensohn, Martha Young-Scholten ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Numeracy and Learning Difficulties

    Approaches to Teaching and Assessment

    by Peter Westwood ...
    By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers.Numeracy and Learning Difficulties includes how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles, identifying gaps in students' knowledge and developing curricula that bridges these gaps, improves ... Read more

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  • Research Methods in Linguistics

    Edited by Robert J. Podesva, Devyani Sharma ...
    A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques. The book follows the structure of a research project, guiding the reader through the steps involved in collecting and processing data, and providing a solid foundation for linguistic analysis. All major research ... Read more

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  • Creating Language

    Integrating Evolution, Acquisition, and Processing

    by Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater ...
    A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences.Language is a hallmark of the human species; the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this ... Read more

    $31.99 USD