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Understanding Developmental Language Disorders

From Theory to Practice

Edited by Courtenay Frazier Norbury, J. Bruce Tomblin, Dorothy V.M. Bishop

Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech...

Published July 1st 2008 by Psychology Press.

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Behavior Analysis and Learning

Fourth Edition

By W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney

Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered...

Published May 5th 2008 by Psychology Press.

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An Introduction to Bilingualism

Principles and Processes

Edited by Jeanette Altarriba, Roberto R. Heredia

This important text provides a general overview of the methods and theories used in the broad domain of bilingualism. The unique interdisciplinary approach, which is...

Published December 14th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Memory in the Real World

Edited by Gillian Cohen, Martin A. Conway

This fully revised and updated third edition of the highly acclaimed Memory in the Real World includes recent research in all areas of everyday memory....

Published December 13th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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The Psychology of Language

From Data to Theory

By Trevor A. Harley

The Psychology of Language, 3^rd Edition is a thorough revision and update of the popular second edition. It contains everything the student needs to know...

Published December 3rd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Cognition and Emotion

From Order to Disorder

By Mick Power, Tim Dalgleish

The relationship between thinking and feeling has puzzled philosophers for centuries, but more recently has become a dominant focus in psychology and in the brain...

Published November 8th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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The Articulate Mammal

An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

By Jean Aitchison

An established bestseller, The Articulate Mammal is a concise and highly readable introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This fifth edition brings the book up-to-date...

Published September 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

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Mating Intelligence

Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System

Edited by Glenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller

Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and...

Published July 20th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Visual Communication

Integrating Media, Art, and Science

By Rick Williams, Julianne Newton

A well-rounded education in the 21st century requires not just verbal and mathematical proficiency, but also the ability to interpret, critique, create, and use visual...

Published July 4th 2007 by Routledge.

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Thinking With Data

Edited by Marsha C. Lovett, Priti Shah

The chapters in Thinking With Data are based on presentations given at the 33rd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. The Symposium was motivated by the confluence...

Published May 22nd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Arguing About the Mind

Edited by Brie Gertler, Lawrence Shapiro

Arguing About the Mind is an accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in the philosophy of mind. This collection offers a selection of thought-provoking...

Published May 14th 2007 by Routledge.

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Fundamentals of Cognition

By Michael Eysenck

How come some people always remember a face?

Is it really possible to do two things at once?

Fundamentals of Cognition is a clear and reader-friendly introduction...

Published November 30th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Social Psychology and the Unconscious

The Automaticity of Higher Mental Processes

Edited by John A. Bargh

Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we think we are. Unconscious or ‘automatic’ forms of...

Published November 21st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Cognitive Science

An Introduction to Mind and Brain

By Daniel Kolak, William Hirstein, Peter Mandik, Jonathan Waskan

Cognitive Science is a major new guide to the central theories and problems in the study of the mind and brain. The authors clearly explain...

Published September 29th 2006 by Routledge.

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Psychophysiology

Human Behavior and Physiological Response

By John L. Andreassi

As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology:...

Published September 19th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Psychology of Emotion

Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches

By Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber, François Ric

This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and...

Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Psychology of Emotion

Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches

By Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber, François Ric

This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and...

Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Processes and Disorders, 2nd Edition

By David Groome

David Groome with Nicola Brace, Hazel Dewart, Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, Anthony Esgate, Richard Kemp, Graham Pike, and Tom Stafford.

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes...

Published August 31st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Laws of Emotion

By Nico H. Frijda

The Laws of Emotion is an accessible work that reviews much of the insightful new research on emotions conducted over the last ten years. It expands...

Published August 14th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Remembering the Times of Our Lives

Memory in Infancy and Beyond

By Patricia J. Bauer

The purpose of Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy and Beyond is to trace the development from infancy through adulthood in the...

Published August 8th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Remembering the Times of Our Lives

Memory in Infancy and Beyond

By Patricia J. Bauer

The purpose of Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy and Beyond is to trace the development from infancy through adulthood in the...

Published August 8th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Affect in Social Thinking and Behavior

Edited by Joseph P. Forgas

The role of affect in how people think and behave in social situations has been a source of fascination to laymen and philosophers since time...

Published August 4th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Psychology of Attention

2nd Edition

By Elizabeth Styles

Research on attention has evolved dramatically in recent years. There are now many new ways of studying how we are able to select some aspects...

Published June 1st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience

By Jamie Ward

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this book provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Following an...

Published May 4th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

By John F. Dovidio, Jane Allyn Piliavin, David A. Schroeder, Louis A. Penner

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building...

Published April 25th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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In Search of Pedagogy Volume I

The Selected Works of Jerome Bruner, 1957-1978

By Jerome S. Bruner

Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His theories about cognitive development dominate psychology around the world...

Published March 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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In Search of Pedagogy Volume II

The Selected Works of Jerome Bruner, 1979-2006

By Jerome S. Bruner

Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His theories about cognitive development dominate psychology around the world...

Published March 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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Foundations of Perception

By George Mather

This clear and balanced introduction to perception examines all the major and minor senses, including vision, hearing, touch, balance, taste and smell. It provides the reader...

Published January 19th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

A Textbook

By Douglas J. Herrmann, Carol Y. Yoder, Michael Gruneberg, David G. Payne

The field of applied cognitive psychology represents a new emphasis within cognitive psychology. Although interesting applied research has been published over the last several decades,...

Published January 4th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Introducing Cognitive Development

By Laura M. Taylor

Interest in cognitive development has been resurgent in recent years as a result of continuing improvements in technology and the new methods of research these...

Published October 6th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Phonetics for Communication Disorders

By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller

This comprehensive textbook offers a basic introduction to phonetics in an applied systematic presentation that equips the communication disorders student to deal with the wide...

Published June 8th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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The Sense of Hearing

By Christopher J. Plack

The Sense of Hearing is a truly accessible introduction to auditory perception that is intended for students approaching the subject for the first time, and...

Published May 13th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook

By Michael W. Eysenck, Mark T. Keane

This fifth edition of the bestselling international cognitive psychology textbook has been substantially updated and restructured to reflect new developments in cognitive psychology, and made...

Published April 26th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Language and the Mind

By John Field

Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series offer comprehensive coverage of the area...

Published April 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Introduction to Vygotsky, Second Edition

Edited by Harry Daniels

Lev Vygotsky provided the twentieth century with an enticing mix of intellectual traditions within an attempt to provide an account of the social formation of...

Published April 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Syntactic Carpentry

An Emergentist Approach to Syntax

By William O'Grady

Syntactic Carpentry: An Emergentist Approach to Syntax presents a groundbreaking approach to the study of sentence formation. Building on the emergentist thesis that the structure...

Published February 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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Attention, Perception and Memory

An Integrated Introduction

By Elizabeth Styles

Although attention, perception and memory are identifiable components of the human cognitive system, this book argues that for a complete understanding of any of them...

Published February 10th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Pragmatics

A Multidisciplinary Perspective

By Louise Cummings

The first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics. Cummings argues that no...

Published January 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology

By Anthony Esgate, David Groome

Co-Authors: Kevin Baker, Corriene Reed, David Heathcote, Moira Maguire & Richard Kemp

An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology offers a student friendly review of recent research...

Published December 2nd 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Attention

A Neuropsychological Approach

By Antony Ward

Attention: A Neuropsychological Approach provides a fascinating overview of the neuropsychological aspects of attention, revealing how we select our information, divide our attention and control...

Published November 11th 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Cognitive Psychology

Key Readings

By David Balota

One problem confronting instructors in cognitive psychology courses is covering such diverse topics as pattern recognition, attention, memory, language, decision-making, and problem solving. It...

Published September 1st 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Optimal Human Being

An Integrated Multi-level Perspective

By Kennon M. Sheldon

Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve "optimal human being", and how...

Published July 1st 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition

Integrative Perspectives on Intellectual Functioning and Development

Edited by David Yun Dai, Robert J. Sternberg

The central argument of this book is that cognition is not the whole story in understanding intellectual functioning and development. To account for inter-individual, intra-individual,...

Published April 6th 2004 by Routledge.

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Beyond Knowledge

Extracognitive Aspects of Developing High Ability

Edited by Larisa V. Shavinina, Michel Ferrari

Some aspects of giftedness and creativity cannot be explained by cognitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isolation. At the intersection of these approaches...

Published March 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Understanding Reading

A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read

By Frank Smith

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the...

Published February 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts

By John Field

Psycholinguistics is an authoritative, wide-ranging and up-to-date A to Z guide to this important field. Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index,...

Published February 19th 2004 by Routledge.

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Motivation and Emotion

By Philip Gorman

Motivation and Emotion provides an explanation of emotional experience and aspects of human behaviour using psychological, physiological and alternative approaches. The brain mechanisms that govern...

Published December 18th 2003 by Routledge.

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Instant Notes in Cognitive Psychology

By Jackie Andrade, Jon May

Instant Notes in Cognitive Psychology is a concise summary of the key theoretical and empirical topics in cognitive psychology, providing easy access to the core information...

Published December 18th 2003 by Taylor and Francis.

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The Creative Mind

Myths and Mechanisms

By Margaret A. Boden

How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? And just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures...

Published September 18th 2003 by Routledge.

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Visual Perception

Physiology, Psychology and Ecology

By Vicki Bruce, Mark A. Georgeson, Patrick R. Green, Mark A. Georgeson

This comprehensively updated and expanded revision of the successful second edition continues to provide detailed coverage of the ever-growing range of research topics in vision....

Published August 7th 2003 by Psychology Press.

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Language and Thought

By Nick Lund

This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal directed...

Published July 3rd 2003 by Routledge.

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The Mechanical Mind

A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines and Mental Representation

By Tim Crane

This edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes a new chapter on consciousness and a new section on modularity. There are also guides...

Published April 24th 2003 by Routledge.

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Psycholinguistics

A Resource Book for Students

By John Field

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an...

Published February 6th 2003 by Routledge.

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Computer Support for Collaborative Learning

Foundations for A Cscl Community (cscl 2002)

Edited by Bruce Henderson

The Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2002 DVD contains nearly four hours of video presentations by leading experts in the field. The video was...

Published November 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking

A Workbook to Accompany Halpern's Thought & Knowledge

By Diane F. Halpern, Heidi R. Riggio

A workbook for Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition by Diane F Halpern, Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking, Fourth Edition is filled with new exercises to...

Published August 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Gender, Language and Discourse

By Ann Weatherall

Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?
Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology...

Published August 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Thought and Knowledge

An Introduction to Critical Thinking

By Diane F. Halpern

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the APA, Diane Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach...

Published August 1st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Writing and Learning in Cross-national Perspective

Transitions From Secondary To Higher Education

Edited by David Foster, David R. Russell

Despite the increasingly global implications of conversations about writing and learning, U.S. composition studies has devoted little attention to cross-national perspectives on student writing and...

Published May 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Animal Cognition

By Nick Lund

Animal Cognition looks at how non-human animals process information from their environment. Nick Lund has written an accessible and engaging account of this area of...

Published April 25th 2002 by Routledge.

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Determinants of Animal Behaviour

By Jo Anne Cartwright

Are animals intelligent? How do they learn to solve everyday survival problems? Can they be intentionally deceptive? The investigation of animal behaviour is an important...

Published April 4th 2002 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Cognitive Neuropsychology

What Deficits Reveal About the Human Mind

By Brenda Rapp

This volume reviews the full range of cognitive domains that have benefited from the study of deficits. Chapters covered include language, memory, object recognition, action,...

Published December 14th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Writing Center Research

Extending the Conversation

Edited by Paula Gillespie, Alice Gillam, Lady Falls Brown, Byron Stay

There are writing centers at almost every college and university in the United States, and there is an emerging body of professional discourse, research, and...

Published December 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Evolutionary Explanations of Human Behaviour

By John H. Cartwright

In recent years, a new discipline has arisen that argues human behaviour can be understood in terms of evolutionary processes. Evolutionary Explanations of Human Behaviour...

Published November 15th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Psychology of Language

From Data To Theory

By Trevor A. Harley

The Psychology of Language (2^nd Edition) is a thorough revision and update of the popular first edition. Comprehensive and contemporary, it contains all the student...

Published August 23rd 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Personality and Motivational Differences in Persons With Mental Retardation

Edited by Harvey N. Switzky

This book presents the most comprehensive review of research regarding personality and motivational differences in persons with mental retardation. From the personal commentary of Edward...

Published August 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Visual Perception

An Introduction

By Michael T. Swanston, Nicholas J. Wade

Vision is our most dominant sense, from which we derive most of our information about the world. From the light that enters the eye and...

Published July 12th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Language Policies in Education

Critical Issues

Edited by James W. Tollefson

How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies? How do policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others?...

Published July 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms

Edited by Barbara Comber, Anne Simpson

Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms brings together accounts of educators who have sought to make a difference in the lives of their students through literacy...

Published June 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Attention and Pattern Recognition

By Nick Lund, Nick Lund

Whilst attention is a term commonly used in everyday life, for many years psychologists have struggled in their attempts to explain what it actually means....

Published April 26th 2001 by Routledge.

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Problem Solving

By Ian S. Robertson

Problem solving is an integral part of everyday life yet few books are dedicated to this important aspect of human cognition. In each case, the...

Published March 29th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Literacy and Motivation

Reading Engagement in individuals and Groups

Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Catherine E. Snow

The central question in this volume is how to create a society of "engaged readers" in today's world, where reading is increasingly overruled by other...

Published March 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Critical English for Academic Purposes

Theory, Politics, and Practice

By Sarah Benesch

Critical English for Academic Purposes: Theory, Politics, and Practice is the first book to combine the theory and practice of two fields: English for academic...

Published March 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Critical English for Academic Purposes

Theory, Politics, and Practice

By Sarah Benesch

Critical English for Academic Purposes: Theory, Politics, and Practice is the first book to combine the theory and practice of two fields: English for academic...

Published February 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Literacy in African American Communities

Edited by Joyce L. Harris, Alan G. Kamhi, Karen E. Pollock

This volume explores the unique sociocultural contexts of literacy development, values, and practices in African American communities. African Americans--young and old--are frequently the focus of...

Published November 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Imagery and Text

A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing

By Mark Sadoski, Allan Paivio

Imagery and Text: A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing presents, for the first time, a unified theory of both reading and writing that...

Published November 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Psychology and 'Human Nature'

By Peter Ashworth

Psychology and 'Human Nature' problematizes what psychology usually takes for granted - the meaning of the psyche or 'human nature'. Peter Ashworth provides a coherent...

Published September 14th 2000 by Routledge.

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Constructions of Literacy

Studies of Teaching and Learning in and Out of Secondary Classrooms

Edited by Elizabeth Birr Moje, David G. O'Brien

Constructions of Literacy explores and represents, through a series of cases and commentaries, how and why secondary school teachers and students use literacy in formal...

Published August 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Words and Minds

How We Use Language to Think Together

By Neil Mercer

Words and Minds takes a lively and accessible look at how we use language to combine our mental resources and get things done. Examining everyday...

Published June 29th 2000 by Routledge.

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Perception

Theory, Development and Organisation

By Paul Rookes, Jane Willson

Paul Rookes and Jane Willson explain perception and perceptual processes in a way that almost anyone can understand. The study of perception, or how the...

Published May 4th 2000 by Routledge.

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Rights to Language

Equity, Power, and Education

Edited by Robert Phillipson

Rights to Language: Equity, Power, and Education brings together cutting-edge scholarship in language, education, and society from all parts of the world. Celebrating the 60th...

Published May 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

Edited by Judith W. Rosenthal

This volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States...

Published April 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Storymaking in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms

Constructing and Interpreting Narrative Texts

By Joanne M. Golden

This book examines storymaking processes in K-8 classrooms from a social-semiotic perspective that highlights how participants' discourse influences story construction and interpretation. It is unique...

Published January 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Memory and Forgetting

By John Henderson

An explanation of the main models of memory and the various approaches used in its study. This is followed by a study of the theories...

Published May 6th 1999 by Routledge.

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Generation 1.5 Meets College Composition

Issues in the Teaching of Writing To U.s.-Educated Learners of ESL

Edited by Linda Harklau, Kay M. Losey, Meryl Siegal

An increasing number of students graduate from U.S. high schools and enter college while still in the process of learning English. This group--the "1.5 generation"--consisting...

Published May 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Connectionist Psychology

A Textbook with Readings

By R. Ellis, G.W. Humphreys

This textbook provides an introduction and review of connectionist models applied to psychological topics. Chapters include basic reviews of connectionist models, their properties and their...

Published May 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Processes and Disorders, 2nd Edition

By David Groome

David Groome with Hazel Dewart, Anthony Esgate, Kevin Gurney, Richard Kemp, and Nicola Towell.

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a comprehensive textbook...

Published April 29th 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Types of Thinking

By S. Ian Robertson

Types of Thinking provides a basic grounding in the psychology of thinking for undergraduate students with little previous knowledge of cognitive psychology. This clear, well-structured...

Published April 22nd 1999 by Routledge.

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Intelligence and Abilities

By Colin Cooper

Research into abilities is one of the great success stories of psychology. Ability tests are widely used and there is continued interest in the origins...

Published April 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Cognitive Work Analysis

Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work

By Kim J. Vicente

This book describes, for the first time in pedagogical form, an approach to computer-based work in complex sociotechnical systems developed over the last 30 years...

Published April 1st 1999 by CRC Press.

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Face[t]s of First Language Loss

By Sandra G. Kouritzin

This book contributes to the understanding of first-language loss in both immigrant and indigenous communities in (at least) three ways. First, it provides insight into...

Published April 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Reasoning and Thinking

By K.I. Manktelow

This undergraduate textbook reviews psychological research in the major areas of reasoning and thinking: deduction, induction, hypothesis testing, probability judgement, and decision making. It also...

Published February 28th 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Essentials of Human Memory

By Alan D. Baddeley

Essentials of Human Memory evolved from a belief that, although the amount we know about memory has increased enormously in recent years, it is still...

Published February 10th 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Explorations in Cognitive Neuropsychology

By Alan Parkin

Cognitive neuropsychology has now established a major place in the teaching of undergraduate psychology degrees and is an important topic of postgraduate research. The subject...

Published February 8th 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Non-native Educators in English Language Teaching

Edited by George Braine

The place of native and non-native speakers in the role of English teachers has probably been an issue ever since English was taught internationally. Although...

Published February 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Imagery

By Dr J. Richardson

This advanced undergraduate textbook structures and integrates research on imagery under four headings: imagery as a personal or phenomenal experience; imagery as a mental representation;...

Published November 27th 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Living Rhetoric and Composition

Stories of the Discipline

Edited by Duane H. Roen, Stuart C. Brown, Theresa Jarnagi Enos

This collection--of the stories of scholars who have found a lifelong commitment to the teaching of writing--includes the professional histories of 19 rhetoricians and compositionists...

Published November 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Living Rhetoric and Composition

Stories of the Discipline

Edited by Duane H. Roen, Stuart C. Brown, Theresa Jarnagi Enos

This collection--of the stories of scholars who have found a lifelong commitment to the teaching of writing--includes the professional histories of 19 rhetoricians and compositionists...

Published November 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design

By David H. Jonassen, Martin Tessmer, Wallace H. Hannum

Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design is a handbook of task analysis and knowledge elicitation methods that can be used for designing direct instruction, performance...

Published October 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Literacy Development in A Multilingual Context

Cross-cultural Perspectives

Edited by Aydin Y. Durgunoglu, Ludo Verhoeven

During the past decades, literacy has gradually become a major concern all over the world. Though there is a great diversity in both the distribution...

Published September 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Intelligence, Instruction, and Assessment

Theory Into Practice

Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Wendy M. Williams

Intelligence, Instruction, and Assessment shows how modern theories of intelligence can be directly applied by educators to the teaching of subject matter, regardless of the...

Published July 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Personality

A Cognitive Approach

By Jo Brunas-Wagstaff

Are individual differences best explained in terms of nature (biology/genetics) or nurture (upbringing)? Do we have 'free will'? Is personality a result of differences in...

Published May 7th 1998 by Routledge.

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Other Floors, Other Voices

A Textography of A Small University Building

By John M. Swales

The author describes this volume as a "textography" because it combines certain elements of both text analysis and ethnography. Through analysis of texts, textual forms,...

Published May 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Inside Multi-Media Case Based Instruction

Edited by Roger C. Schank

The fourth in the Inside series, this volume includes four theses completed under the editor's direction at the Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern...

Published May 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Word Recognition in Beginning Literacy

Edited by Jamie L. Metsala, Linnea C. Ehri

This edited volume grew out of a conference that brought together beginning reading experts from the fields of education and the psychology of reading and...

Published April 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Principles Of Abilities And Human Learning

By Michael J.A. Howe

This book is about human abilities and the ways in which people acquire and extend them. It contains many useful facts about people's learning and...

Published March 12th 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice

Edited by Douglas J. Hacker, John Dunlosky, Arthur C. Graesser

This volume presents the most current perspectives on the role of metacognition in diverse educationally relevant domains. The purpose is to examine the ways in...

Published March 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and the Environment

Volume 12

Edited by Craig Waddell

This volume presents some of the best essays yet published on rhetoric and the environment. The collection should appeal to an interdisciplinary audience, including those...

Published January 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum

A Brief Edition of Thought & Knowledge

By Diane F. Halpern

Consider that many of the people who are alive today will be working at jobs that do not currently exist and that the explosion of...

Published September 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Learning to Spell

Research, Theory, and Practice Across Languages

Edited by Charles A. Perfetti, Laurence Rieben, Michel Fayol

This distinctive cross-linguistic examination of spelling examines the cognitive processes that underlie spelling and the process of learning how to spell. The chapters report and...

Published August 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Mathematical Reasoning

Analogies, Metaphors, and Images

Edited by Lyn D. English

How we reason with mathematical ideas continues to be a fascinating and challenging topic of research--particularly with the rapid and diverse developments in the field...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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on Becoming A Language Educator

Personal Essays on Professional Development

Edited by Christine Pears Casanave, Sandra R. Schecter

These personal essays by first and second language researchers and practitioners reflect on issues, events, and people in their lives that helped them carve out...

Published June 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Planning Strategic Interaction

Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action

By Charles R. Berger

In an earlier era, the communication field was dominated by the study of mediated and unmediated message effects during which considerable research focused on the...

Published June 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Dinner Talk

Cultural Patterns of Sociability and Socialization in Family Discourse

By Shoshana Blum-Kulka

Dinner Talk draws upon the recorded dinner conversations of, and extensive interviews with, native Israeli, American Israeli, and Jewish American middle-class families to explore the...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Situated Cognition

Social, Semiotic, and Psychological Perspectives

Edited by David Kirshner, James A. Whitson

This book is a result of a symposium at a recent annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association that explored foundational issues relative to...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Mathematics Teachers in Transition

Edited by Elizabeth Fennema, Barbara Scott Nelson

This book addresses the need of professional development leaders and policymakers for scholarly knowledge about influencing teachers to modify mathematical instruction to bring it more...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Human Memory

Theory and Practice, Revised Edition

By Alan Baddeley

Reformatted and including new chapters, this revised edition covers the topic of human memory and includes the role of consciousness in learning and memory, previously...

Published April 28th 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner

By Susan M. Gass

This volume provides a definitive view of the relationship between input, interaction, and second language acquisition. In so doing, it should prove useful to those...

Published April 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner

By Susan M. Gass

This volume provides a definitive view of the relationship between input, interaction, and second language acquisition. In so doing, it should prove useful to those...

Published April 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Learning and Awareness

By Ference Marton, Shirley Booth

This book stems from more than 25 years of systematic research into the experience of learning undertaken by a research team trying to account for...

Published March 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Developmental Spans in Event Comprehension and Representation

Bridging Fictional and Actual Events

Edited by Paul van den Broek, Patricia J. Bauer, Tammy Bourg

This book is about building metaphorical bridges--all sorts of bridges. At the most basic level, it concerns the bridges that individuals build to understand the...

Published February 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Nonconscious Movements

From Mystical Messages To Facilitated Communication

By Herman H. Spitz, Herman Spitz

In a new technique called facilitated communication, noncommunicative individuals who are autistic and mentally retarded are said to type astonishing communications on a keyboard. Despite...

Published February 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Nonconscious Movements

From Mystical Messages To Facilitated Communication

By Herman H. Spitz, Herman Spitz

In a new technique called facilitated communication, noncommunicative individuals who are autistic and mentally retarded are said to type astonishing communications on a keyboard. Despite...

Published February 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Recent and Emerging Theoretical Frameworks for Research on Classroom Learning

Contributions and Limitations: A Special Issue of educational Psychologist

Edited by Hermine H. Marshall

Over the past decade, a number of new conceptualizations of learning have entered the literature. These include various forms of constructivism such as "cognitive constructivism"...

Published January 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Human Cognitive Neuropsychology

A Textbook With Readings

By Andrew W. Ellis, Andrew W. Young

This textbook augments the first edition through the inclusion of a set of reseach and review papers selected by the authors to supplement the contents...

Published December 17th 1996 by Psychology Press.

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The Nature of Mathematical Thinking

Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Talia Ben-Zeev

Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why...

Published September 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Pragmatics and Natural Language Understanding

By Georgia M. Green

This book differs from other introductions to pragmatics in approaching the problems of interpreting language use in terms of interpersonal modelling of beliefs and intentions....

Published August 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Pragmatics and Natural Language Understanding

By Georgia M. Green

This book differs from other introductions to pragmatics in approaching the problems of interpreting language use in terms of interpersonal modelling of beliefs and intentions....

Published August 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Suspense

Conceptualizations, Theoretical Analyses, and Empirical Explorations

Edited by Peter Vorderer, Hans Jrgen Wulff, Mike Friedrichsen

This volume begins with the general assumption that suspense is a major criterion for both an audience's selection and evaluation of entertaining media offerings. This...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Constructionism in Practice

Designing, Thinking, and Learning in A Digital World

Edited by Yasmin B. Kafai, Mitchel Resnick

The digital revolution necessitates, but also makes possible, radical changes in how and what we learn. This book describes a set of innovative educational research...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Hypertext and Cognition

Edited by Jean-Francois Rouet, Jarmo J. Levonen, Andrew Dillon, Rand J. Spiro, Jarmo Levonen

The recent evolution of western societies has been characterized by an increasing emphasis on information and communication. As the amount of available information increases, however,...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Hypertext and Cognition

Edited by Jean-Francois Rouet, Jarmo J. Levonen, Andrew Dillon, Rand J. Spiro, Jarmo Levonen

The recent evolution of western societies has been characterized by an increasing emphasis on information and communication. As the amount of available information increases, however,...

Published April 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

By Douglas Walton

Recent concerns with the evaluation of argumentation in informal logic and speech communication center around nondemonstrative arguments that lead to tentative or defeasible conclusions based...

Published December 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

By Douglas Walton

Recent concerns with the evaluation of argumentation in informal logic and speech communication center around nondemonstrative arguments that lead to tentative or defeasible conclusions based...

Published November 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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The Psychology of Language

From Data To Theory

By Dr Trevor A. Harley

Published October 31st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Smooth Talkers

The Linguistic Performance of Auctioneers and Sportscasters

By Koenraad Kuiper, Koenrad Kuiper

This book examines the contexts in which sportscasters and auctioneers speak and the characteristic techniques they employ in order to speak fluently. These speakers were...

Published October 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Smooth Talkers

The Linguistic Performance of Auctioneers and Sportscasters

By Koenraad Kuiper, Koenrad Kuiper

This book examines the contexts in which sportscasters and auctioneers speak and the characteristic techniques they employ in order to speak fluently. These speakers were...

Published October 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Developing Engaged Readers in School and Home Communities

Edited by Linda Baker, Peter Afflerbach, David Reinking

This book comprises a synthesis of current directions in reading research, theory, and practice unified by what has been referred to as the engagement perspective...

Published October 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Intelligent Language Tutors

Theory Shaping Technology

Edited by V. Melissa Holland, Michelle R. Sams, Jonathan D. Kaplan

The techniques of natural language processing (NLP) have been widely applied in machine translation and automated message understanding, but have only recently been utilized in...

Published September 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Lev S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Educational Psychology

A Special Issue of educational Psychologist

Edited by J.P. Das, Boris Gindis

In 1996, the world psychological community will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Lev Semenovich Vygotsky, one of the most original and influential...

Published August 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Mathematics Education

Models and Processes

By Lyn D. English, Graeme S. Halford

To define better techniques of mathematics education, this book combines a knowledge of cognitive science with mathematics curriculum theory and research. The concept of the...

Published July 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Semantics

Defining the Discipline

By Robert A. Hipkiss

The subject of semantics has been appropriated by various disciplines including linguistic philosophy, logic, cognitive psychology, anthropological linguistics, and computer technology. As a result, it...

Published July 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Semantics

Defining the Discipline

By Robert A. Hipkiss

Published July 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Engines for Education

By Roger C. Schank, Chip Cleary

Most six-year-olds can't wait to go to school on that first day in September. It's a sign of coming of age. They get to go...

Published May 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Discourse Comprehension

Essays in Honor of Walter Kintsch

Edited by III, Charles A. Weaver, Suzanne Mannes, C. Randy Fletcher

This volume is derived from presentations given at a conference hosted in Boulder, Colorado in honor of the 60th birthday of Walter Kintsch. Though the...

Published February 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Sources of Coherence in Reading

Edited by Jr., Robert F. Lorch, Edward J. O'Brien, Robert F. Lorch

During the last 20 years, there has been an enormous amount of research examining sources of coherence in reading. A major tenet of this work...

Published January 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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The Consequentiality of Communication

Edited by Stuart J. Sigman

In a bold attempt to redirect the ways theories of communication are conceived and research on communication processes are conducted, this volume questions prevailing communication...

Published January 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Work and Technology in Higher Education

The Social Construction of Academic Computing

Edited by Mark A. Shields

Since the early 1980s, U.S. colleges and universities have become extremely important not only as computational research and development centers, but also as field sites...

Published November 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Coherence, Continuity, and Cohesion

Theoretical Foundations for Document Design

By Kim Sydow Campbell

There is a need for general theoretical principles describing/explaining effective design -- those which demonstrate "unity" and enhance comprehension and usability. Theories of cohesion from...

Published November 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication

Cognition/culture/power

By Carol Berkenkotter, Thomas N. Huckin

Although genre studies abound in literary criticism, researchers and scholars interested in the social contexts of literacy have recently become interested in the dynamic, rhetorical...

Published November 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Coherence, Continuity, and Cohesion

Theoretical Foundations for Document Design

By Kim Sydow Campbell

There is a need for general theoretical principles describing/explaining effective design -- those which demonstrate "unity" and enhance comprehension and usability. Theories of cohesion from...

Published November 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Cognition In Action

By Alan F. Collins, Philip Levy, Peter E. Morris, Mary M. Smyth

This revised textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out...

Published August 5th 1994 by Psychology Press.

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Self-regulation of Learning and Performance

Issues and Educational Applications

Edited by Dale H. Schunk, Barry J. Zimmerman

In recent years, educators have become increasingly concerned with students' attempts to manage their own learning and achievement efforts through activities that influence the instigation,...

Published April 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Learning Through Theatre

New Perspectives on Theatre in Education

Edited by Tony Jackson

Published October 21st 1993 by Routledge.

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Reading, Writing and Dyslexia

A Cognitive Analysis

By Andrew W. Ellis

Research in cognitive psychology has contributed much to our understanding of reading and spelling. Most of this work has concentrated on the processes used by...

Published October 14th 1993 by Psychology Press.

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Computers As Cognitive Tools

Edited by Susanne P. Lajoie, Sharon J. Derry

Highlighting and illustrating several important and interesting theoretical trends that have emerged in the continuing development of instructional technology, this book's organizational framework is based...

Published June 1st 1993 by Routledge.

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Literacy and Language Analysis

Edited by Robert J. Scholes

This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy. The...

Published May 1st 1993 by Routledge.

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Student Perceptions in the Classroom

Edited by Dale H. Schunk, Judith L. Meece

This book's two primary objectives are to present theory and research on the role of learners' achievement-related perceptions in educational contexts and to discuss the...

Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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Argumentation, Communication, and Fallacies

A Pragma-dialectical Perspective

By Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst

This volume gives a theoretical account of the problem of analyzing and evaluating argumentative discourse. After placing argumentation in a communicative perspective, and then discussing...

Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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Computer Assisted Instruction and Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Shared Goals and Complementary Approaches

Edited by Ruth W. Chabay, Jill H. Larkin

The fields of computer-assisted instruction and intelligent tutoring systems have had few vehicles for sharing ideas or programs. Different backgrounds and settings meant reading different...

Published January 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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informal Teaching and Learning

A Study of Everyday Cognition in A Greek Community

By Rosemary C. Henze, Rosemary Henze

Based on an ethnographic study conducted in a Greek community, this book celebrates the small ways people teach and learn while they are engaged in...

Published January 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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Enhancing Thinking Skills in the Sciences and Mathematics

Edited by Diane F. Halpern

In recent years national and international reports have been issued that speak of the sad state of the educational system in the United States and...

Published January 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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