# Unraveling Reading Comprehension

Behavioral, Neurobiological, and Genetic Components

[Brett Miller, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2596&Name=Brett+Miller,Ph.D.), [Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=11683&Name=Laurie+Cutting,Ph.D.), [Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., MPH](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1084&Name=Peggy+McCardle,Ph.D.,%20MPH)

More than 40 top researchers from multiple disciplines present the latest findings on comprehension, addressing theory and science, effective instruction and intervention, and priorities for future research that will move the field forward.

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| STOCK NUMBER | ISBN |
| 72445 | 978-1-59857-244-5 |
| COPYRIGHT | PAGES |
| 2013 | 296 |
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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 behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. More than 40 top researchers from multiple disciplines present the latest findings on comprehension, addressing theory and science, effective instruction and intervention, and priorities for future research that will move the field forward.

**DISCOVER THE LATEST ON:**

- the trajectory of reading skill development
- causes of comprehension problems during reading
- ideal characteristics of effective reading comprehension assessments
- new analytic techniques that examine individual differences in comprehension skills
- groundbreaking behavioral genetics studies examining reading comprehension
- distinctions between oral comprehension and reading comprehension
- how various text types interact with the cognitive and neurobiological profiles of children with varying comprehension abilities
- interventions for diverse learners who struggle with comprehension
- intensive interventions for adolescents with dyslexia

## Reviews

Donald Shankweiler, University of Connecticut and Haskins Laboratories, USA

"Represents a serious effort to stake out the territory and address the many challenges that must be met to reach \[an\] understanding of reading comprehension, its development, and disorders."

Maria Mody, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School

"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."

Elaine Silliman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida

"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 ‘common language’ for meeting the scientific and instructional challenges of understanding reading comprehension in diverse learners."

Virginia Berninger, Professor and Director of the NICHD-funded Center for OWLs

"Set\[s\] the gold standard for translational science of basic research into educational practice for reading comprehension."

Volume Editors: [Brett Miller Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2596&Name=Brett+Miller+Ph.D.), [Laurie E. Cutting Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=11683&Name=Laurie+E.+Cutting+Ph.D.), [Peggy McCardle Ph.D., MPH](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1084&Name=Peggy+McCardle+Ph.D.%2c+MPH)

**Download an excerpt**

**[Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Struggling Readers](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/comprehension-difficulties-in-struggling-readers.pd%22/index.html)**

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