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What do we know about reading comprehension and what do we need to know in order to improve it and help all students become confident readers? This urgently needed research volume is the only cohesive, up-to-date compendium of knowledge about the behavioural, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. More than 40 top researchers from multiple disciplines present the latest findings on comprehension, covering theory and science, effective instruction and intervention, and priorities for future research that will move the field forward.

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A rich and in-depth treatment of reading comprehension, its component processes, and the consequences of a comprehension failure from multiple research perspectives of behavior, genetics, neuroimaging and modeling . . . all in a single volume. --Maria Mody, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assistant Professor of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School (06/10/2013)

The editors assemble a stellar set of researchers from multiple disciplines to chart a contemporary path for the integrated understanding of reading comprehension . . . This work serves as a a common languagea for meeting the scientific and instructional challenges of understanding reading comprehension in diverse learners. --Elaine R. Silliman, Ph.D.

Set[s] the gold standard for translational science of basic research into educational practice for reading comprehension. --Virginia W. Berninger

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Dr. Brett Miller is Program Director of the Reading, Writing, and Related Learning Disabilities Program at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Miller previously held the position of Associate Research Scientist at the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, where he oversaw programmes in adult literacy and math and science learning. Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 4B05, Rockville, MD 20852-7510. Dr. McCardle has been a classroom teacher and has served as faculty at various universities and as a speech-language pathologist in hospitals and medical centres.

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