Background Given the increasing popularity of reading from screens, it is not surprising that
numerous studies have been conducted comparing reading from paper and electronic …

Reading difficulties and disabilities present serious and potentially lifelong challenges.
Children who do not read well are more likely to be retained a grade in school, drop out of …

In this chapter, we review research on students' engagement in reading activities and how
classroom instructional practices influence engagement in reading and other academic …

Fiction literature has largely been ignored by psychology researchers because its only
function seems to be entertainment, with no connection to empirical validity. We argue that …

First published in 2007. The focus of this book is on the cognitive processes involved in
comprehension, and moreover, on techniques that help readers improve their ability to …

This accessible text brings together research on word reading and comprehension
development, which are often treated separately, and provides a comprehensive and …

This study examined the efficacy of a supplemental, multicomponent adolescent reading
intervention for middle school students who scored below proficient on a state literacy …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of prior knowledge and text
structure on cognitive processes during comprehension of scientific texts. To investigate the …

16 The Knowledge Revision Components (KReC) Framework: Processes and Mechanisms
Page 1 In formal and informal settings we continually encode, use, integrate, and manipulate …

Many children struggle to learn to read, and these difficulties can persist well into adulthood.
To address this problem, researchers have investigated the processes that underlie reading …