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  • The Development of Metalinguistic Abilities in Children

    by William Tunmer, David T. Hakes, Judith S. Evans ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Not very many years ago, it was common for language researchers and theorists to argue that language development was somehow special and separate from other aspects of development. It was a period when the "1 ittle 1 inguist" view of language development was common, and much discussion was devoted to develop mental "linguistic universals," in contrast to more broadly defined cognitive universals. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Cognitive Foundations of Reading and Its Acquisition

    A Framework with Applications Connecting Teaching and Learning

    by Wesley A. Hoover, William E. Tunmer ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book serves as a succinct resource on the cognitive requirements of reading. It provides a coherent, overall view of reading and learning to read, and does so in a relatively sparse fashion that supports retention. The initial sections of the book describe the cognitive structure of reading and the cognitive foundation upon which that structure is built. This is followed by discussions of how ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Excellence and Equity in Literacy Education

    The Case of New Zealand

    Edited by William Tunmer, J. Chapman ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Literacy is arguably the most important goal of schooling as, to a large extent, it determines young children’s educational and life chances and is fundamental in achieving social justice. New Zealand’s literacy education programme has long been regarded as one of the world’s most successful approaches to teaching literacy skills to young children. Excellence and Equity in Literacy Education ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Research Issues in Child Development

    Edited by Chris Pratt, Alison F. Garton, William E. Tunmer, Andrew R. Nesdale ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
    First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development. The topics have been arranged into four major sections – cognitive issues in development, language and reading development, perpetual motor development and social aspects of development. Both pure and applied ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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  • Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching

    by Dr. Rod Ellis, Shawn Loewen, Prof. Catherine Elder, Dr. Hayo Reinders, Rosemary Erlam, Jenefer Philp ...
    Series Book 42 - Second Language Acquisition
    The implicit/ explicit distinction is central to our understanding of the nature of L2 acquisition. This book begins with an account of how this distinction applies to L2 learning, knowledge and instruction. It then reports a series of studies describing the development of a battery of tests providing relatively discrete measurements of L2 explicit/ implicit knowledge. These tests were then ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Metacognition

    Mental Agency and Self-Awareness

    by Joëlle Proust ...
    Does metacognition, i.e. the capacity to form epistemic self-evaluations about one's current cognitive performance, derive from a mindreading capacity, or does it rely, at least in part, on sui generis informational processes? In The Philosophy of Metacognition Joëlle Proust provides a powerful defense of the second position. Drawing on discussions of empirical evidence from comparative, ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Frontiers of Test Validity Theory

    Measurement, Causation, and Meaning

    by Keith A. Markus, Denny Borsboom ...
    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    Now in its second edition, this important book examines test validity in the behavioral, social, and educational sciences by exploring three fundamental problems: measurement, causation, and meaning. Psychometric and philosophical perspectives and unresolved issues receive attention, as the authors explore how measurement is conceived from both the classical and modern perspectives.Split into ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

    by Daniel N. Stern ...
    Series series Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology
    While most psychotherapies agree that therapeutic work in the 'here and now' has the greatest power to bring about change, few if any books have ever addressed the problem of what 'here and now' actually means.Beginning with the claim that we are psychologically alive only in the now, internationally acclaimed child psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern tackles vexing yet fascinating questions such as: ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Origins of Human Communication

    by Michael Tomasello ...
    Series series Jean Nicod Lectures
    A leading expert on evolution and communication presents an empirically based theory of the evolutionary origins of human communication that challenges the dominant Chomskian view.Human communication is grounded in fundamentally cooperative, even shared, intentions. In this original and provocative account of the evolutionary origins of human communication, Michael Tomasello connects the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Predictive Mind

    by Jakob Hohwy ...
    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

    $36.99 USD

  • Understanding Second Language Acquisition 2nd Edition

    by Rod Ellis ...
    Series series Oxford Applied Linguistics
    In the 30 years since Rod Ellis first published the award-winning Understanding Second Language Acquisition, it has become a classic text. This new, fully updated edition continues to provide an authoritative and highly readable introduction to key areas of theory and research in second language acquisition. Ellis presents a comprehensive overview of the different theories in this field and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills

    by Nancy Cushen White, Ed.D. , CALT-QI, BCET, Graham Neuhaus Ph.D., Marilyn C. Beckwith Ed.D., Carolyn DeVito, M.A., Gloria Trabucco, Virginia W. Berninger, Ph.D., Larry E. Hess, Psy.D., Betsy Duffy, M.S. Ed., Jean Freyer Schedler, Ph.D., Colleen Uscianowski, M.S. ...
    Keep up with the latest on the highly respected multisensory teaching approach to literacy with this new fourth edition, a complete update of the bestselling textbook adopted in colleges and universities across the country. The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book prepares today's educators to use specific evidence-based approaches that improve struggling students' ... Read more

    $64.99 USD