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1. The Reading Comprehension Handbook

   An Introduction for Students and Teachers

   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...

   To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. 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...

   Published September 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
3. 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...

   Published July 31st 1996 by Routledge