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How the Brain Learns to Read

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by David A. Sousa


  teaching strategies for, 180–189

  textbook selection and, 178

  vocabulary and, 181–183

  Context clues, 183

  Cooperative learning groups, 189

  Corpus callosum, 14

  Decodable texts, 96

  Deep orthography, 40, 41, 110

  de Glopper, K., 97

  Dehaene, S., 36

  Decoding

  defined, 42

  Detection of target sounds in noise, 128

  Differentiated instruction, 189

  Digraphs, 41

  Disciplinary literacy, 202–205

  Dyslexia, 119, 220

  cures for, caution about, 141

  developmental, defined, 123

  famous people with, 140

  gender differences in, 127

  genetic component of, 127

  other languages, occurrence in, 130

  persistence of, 139–140

  phonological deficits and, 124

  visual recognition and, 126

  writing and, 127, 129

  Early intervention, 114, 140, 143

  ingredients of programs in, 145–154

  Educational neuroscience, 4, 155

  Ehri, L., 42

  Electroencephalography, 2, 3

  Elkonion boxes, 85

  Embedding, 48, 49

  Encoding in spelling, 82

  English language learners

  cooperative learning strategies and, 111–112

  monitoring reading progress of, 114–115

  orthography and, 110–111

  Error monitoring, 166–167

  Event-related potentials, 16–17

  Evidence-based practices, 77

  Expository text, 105, 162, 184, 186

  Eye movements during reading, 64–65

  Family settings and literacy, 74

  Fixations during reading, 64–65

  Flowchart, 194, 197

  Fluency, in reading, 63–64, 89–93

  teaching strategies for, 90–92, 156–169

  tutoring in, 164–165

  Frequency of common verbs in English, 22

  Frith, U. 34

  Frontal lobe

  children at risk for reading and, 60

  comprehension and, 102, 123, 159, 163, 187

  creativity and, 201

  decision-making and, 33, 107

  dyslexia and, 126, 213

  event-related potentials and, 16–17

  location in brain, 12

  meaning and, 123

  memory and, 127

  problem solving and, 162

  spoken language and, 13

  working memory and, 51

  Functional magnetic resonance imaging, 2, 3, 27

  Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy, 2, 3

  Genetics and dyslexia, 124, 127, 132

  Gists, 54–56

  Grade 3 reading skills, 210–211

  Grammatical lexicon, 37

  Grapheme, 41, 62

  decoding and, 42, 43

  defined, 39

  orthography and, 40

  phoneme-grapheme connection, 2, 37, 125, 172

  phonics instruction and, 79–80

  phonological stage and, 34, 78

  Graphic organizers, 5,

  comprehension and, 103, 184, 186, 193–201

  English language learners and, 112

  reading problems and, 145, 174

  Gray matter in brain, 126

  Gray Oral Reading Test, 144

  Hispanic students’ achievement in reading, 119–121, 122

  Image-based words, 16–17

  Imagery

  comprehension and, 104, 184, 185

  memory devices and, 99

  pre-reading activities and, 190

  vocabulary and, 16–17

  Immediate memory, 50–51, 55

  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 146

  Insensitivity to rhyme, 132

  Intelligence

  dyslexia and, 123, 124, 140, 175

  reading success and, 36–37, 50

  Intensity during reading, 74

  Internet sites, 6

  concept maps and, 195, 199

  content material and, 180, 181

  dyslexia and, 174

  graphic organizers and, 103

  older struggling readers and, 189

  Laboratory studies in reading, 76

  Language comprehension

  explicit, 30

  inferred, 30–31

  reading comprehension and, 50

  toddlers and, 17–19

  Language gap, 17–19

  Lesions in word form area, 127

  Lexical-orthographic connection

  Lexical route, in reading, 63

  Lexicon

  grammatical, 37

  orthographic, 37

  phonological, 37

  semantic, 37

  types of, 37

  Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test, 144

  Linguistic knowledge, 77, 95, 96–97, 100

  Literacy skills, 72–74

  Literature circles, 90–91

  Locating the main idea, 185–186

  Long-term memory, 4

  comprehension and, 159

  decoding and, 78

  fluency and, 156

  graphic organizers and, 194, 198, 201

  spelling and, 85

  verb usage and, 22

  Long-term storage, 51, 55, 58

  Magnetic resonance imaging, 2, 28

  Magnetoencephalography, 2, 3, 124

  Main idea

  locating, 185–186

  questioning for, 157

  Matrixes, 198–200

  Meaning, 1, 17, 19

  brain processing and, 25–26

  comprehension and, 30, 34, 46–48, 49, 70, 71, 77, 96–107, 158–162, 168, 184, 187

  decoding, 112

  direct instruction and, 180

  fluency and, 87–89, 91, 92, 164

  frontal lobe and, 123

  language development for, 10, 13

  lexicons and, 37

  morphemes and, 16, 44–45, 211

  orthography and, 40, 43

  phonemic awareness and, 79, 131, 150

  phonological awareness and, 73

  plasticity of neural networks and, 35

  practice and, 65–66, 67

  recognizing, 27–28

  semantics and, 19–20, 23, 220

  spelling and, 46, 84, 86, 113

  visual word form area and, 59–60, 61–64

  vocabulary and, 176, 179, 181–183, 192, 213

  working memory and, 52–54, 57

  Memory, 21, 79, 190

  comprehension and, 56–57

  cooperative learning groups and, 161

  deficits in. 129

  immediate memory, 50–51

  rote, 139

  sensory, 13

  short-term memory, 50, 176

  spelling and, 83, 85

  spoken language and, 28, 29

  visual, 183

  visual cues in, 43

  writing and, 161

  See also Long-term memory; Phonological memory; Working memory

  Memory networks, modifying of, 56–57

  Mental imagery, 185

  Mental lexicon, 16, 18

  Minimum-distance principle, 48

  Module-within-a-module pattern, 27

  Morpheme

  defined, 15–16

  dyslexia and, 170

  in memory systems, 28

  in multiple lexicons, 37

  in semantic networks, 23

  literacy skills and, 72

  spelling and, 82

  spoken language and, 19

  teacher knowledge about, 209

  types of, 44–45

  Morphology, 213

  comprehension and, 49

  defined, 20, 44

  in semantic networks, 23, 24

  phonemic awareness and, 45

  Motivation for
reading, 74, 75, 158, 162

  technology’s effect on, 210

  tutoring and, 168, 169

  Narrative text, 184

  National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1, 117–121

  National Early Literacy Panel, 72, 145

  National Institute for Literacy, 35

  National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth, 110–111

  National Reading Panel, 2, 70–71, 75–76, 145, 165, 209

  National Research Council, 70–71, 75–76

  Negation in reading, 48–49

  Neuronal recycling, 36

  Neuroscience and reading, 220

  Next Generation Science Standards, 204

  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 71, 118

  Nonwords, 59

  Occipital lobe, 12, 17, 129

  Occipitotemporal area, 59

  Older students, reading strategies for, 107–109, 155–169

  Onsets, 10, 37–38, 150, 152

  Oral reading

  accuracy of, 132

  fluency in, 132–133

  monitoring and feedback with, 165–166

  Oral Reading Accuracy calculation, 167, 168

  Oral Reading Fluency calculation, 167, 168

  Orthographic lexicon, 37

  Orthography, 41

  deep, 40, 110

  defined, 40

  in dyslexia, 130

  in spelling, 82, 86

  phonics and, 111

  reading problems and, 123, 124

  shallow, 40

  Overlearning, 156

  Paired reading, 92

  Paraphrasing, 187–188

  Parentese, 16

  Parent participation, 216–217

  Parents as Teachers program, 18

  Parietal lobe, 12, 17, 61

  PASS process, 159

  Passive voice, 47–48

  in reading, 23

  Pathways of reading, 58–62

  for beginning readers, 59–60

  for intermediate readers, 60

  for skilled readers, 60

  Peer Assisted Learning Strategies Program, 153

  Perception of sequential sounds, 128

  Phases of word recognition, 42–44

  Phoneme

  as part of morphemes, 19, 20

  defined, 15

  dyslexia and, 149, 170, 171

  grapheme connections, 2, 37, 42, 125, 172

  learning of, 15, 16, 72, 75

  learning to read and, 34, 37, 38, 78–82, 85, 125–126, 212

  memory and, 28, 29, 52, 126

  morphology and, 45

  number in different languages, 40–41

  orthography of, 110

  reading problems and, 122, 146, 147–152

  recognition of, 39–40, 42, 46, 59, 128

  spelling and, 70

  spoken language and, 10, 12, 131

  teacher recognition of, 209

  visual word form area and, 62–64

  Phonemic awareness, 15, 20, 23

  as predictor of reading success, 73

  compound, 150–151

  defined, 38

  developing in struggling readers, 146–152

  learning to read and, 38–39

  Phonics

  decodable texts with, 96

  defined, 38–39

  instruction in, 77, 79–82, 115, 207, 211–213, 215

  oral reading and, 166

  orthography and, 111

  reading programs for, 153

  teacher preparation in, 209–210

  Phonics approach

  critics of, 80

  to teaching reading, 69–71

  Phonological awareness

  deficits in, 124

  defined, 37–38

  instruction in, 77–79

  Phonological Awareness Test, 144

  Phonological lexicon, 37

  Phonological route, in reading, 63–64

  Phonologic memory

  comprehension and, 52–53

  deficits in, 126–127

  decoding and, 50

  early literacy skills in, 72–73

  Plasticity, 36

  Plasticity of neural networks, 35–36

  Positron emission tomography, 2, 3, 127

  Practicing reading, 75, 79

  Prior knowledge, 184

  Professional development, 209

  principals and, 214, 216

  teachers and, 211–213

  Prosody, 15

  Questioning to find main idea, 157

  Questions for Discussion/Reflection, 31, 67, 94, 115, 141, 176, 205, 221

  Question the author, 162–163

  Quick Reads Program, 154

  Rapid speaking, 27

  Reader’s theatre, 91–92

  Reading

  early stages of, 36–46

  lexical route in, 63

  phonological route in, 63–64

  practice, importance of, 65–67

  predictors of success in, 73

  skills by Grade 3, 210–211

  universal nature of, 62

  Reading aloud, 162, 188

  Reading achievement, 118–121

  Reading comprehension, 45–50, 71

  attention therapy and, 163–164

  content area reading and, 184–188

  decoding ability and, 50

  graphic organizers and, 103

  intelligence and, 50

  language comprehension and, 50

  monitoring for, 102

  morphology and, 49

  older students and, 107, 158–159

  paraphrasing, 187–188

  semantic organizers and, 103

  syntax and, 47–48

  teaching for, 102–107

  text, 100–107

  tutoring for, 168–169

  Reading models

  Dehaene’s model, 39

  Frith’s three-phase model, 34

  Reading problems

  advice to parents of students with, 175–176

  advice to students with, 173–174

  early indicators of, 132–139

  graphic organizers and, 145

  lesions in the word form area, 127

  linguistic causes of, 124–127

  nonlinguistic causes of, 128–130

  Response to Intervention and, 133–139

  spoken language difficulties and, 131–132

  test-taking and, 172–173

  Reading programs

  Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition, 112–114

  Concept-oriented reading instruction, 104–106

  Corrective reading, 153

  older students and, 155

  Peer Assisted learning Strategies, 153

  Quick Reads, 154

  Success for All, 153

  Targeted Reading Intervention, 154

  Reading Recovery, 111, 153

  Reciprocal teaching, 156–157, 191, 192–193

  Regressions during reading, 64–65

  Rehearsal, 52, 55, 157, 180, 185–186, 187

  Repeated oral reading, 89, 156, 162

  Research studies, types of, 208

  Response to Intervention, 133–139, 146

  Restructuring, in memory, 57

  Rewriting content material, 188

  Rhyme generation, 152

  Rimes, 152

  Saccades, 64–65

  Schema, 57

  Semantic lexicon, 37

  Semantic network

  morphology level of, 23

  representations of, 26–27

  sentence level of, 24–25

  vocabulary level of, 23

  Semantic organizers, 103

  Semantics, 18

  brain storage of, 17

  instruction in, 100, 121, 123

  learning to read and, 60

  vocabulary and, 19–20, 97

  Sensory memory, 13

  Sentences

  comprehension from, 168–169, 184, 212–213

  construction of
, 25–28, 47–49, 88, 97

  English language learners and, 113

  explicit type, 30, 104

  fluency and, 156

  memory and, 52–54

  reading problems and, 124, 134, 148

  semantic network and, 23–24

  spoken language in, 13, 15, 19

  syntactic network and, 20–21

  vocabulary and, 98–100

  Shallow orthography, 40, 110, 130

  Shared reading

  in literacy, 73

  to teach fluency, 91

  Shaywitz, S., 58, 155

  Short-term memory, 50, 176

  Silent reading, 89, 90, 112

  Sound-frequency discrimination, 128

  Spelling

  development of, 82–84

  importance in reading, 45–46

  invented, 82–83

  phonemes and, 70

  teaching of, 84–86

  texting and, 83

  writing effects on, 87–88

  Spoken language

  development of, 10–13

  gender differences in learning, 14–15

  levels of comprehension of,

  natural ability of learning,

  processing of, 13–14

  reading difficulties and, 131–132

  writing and, 62

  Story-mapping, 158

  Success for All Program, 153

  Swanborn, M. S. L., 97

  Syntactic network

  Syntax

  English language learners and, 23

  language hierarchy and, 19–23

  passive voice and, 48

  word order and, 48

  Tape/digital-assisted reading, 91

  Targeted Reading Intervention Program, 154

  Teacher preparation, 209

  Teachers as researchers, 218–219

  Teaching reading

  balanced approach, 71

  brief history of, 69–70

  phonics approach, 69–71

  preparation for, 209

  using students’ strengths and, 213

  what teachers need to know about, 213–214

  whole-language approach, 69–71

  whole-word approach, 69–70

  Technology’s effect on motivation to read, 210

  Temporal processing impairment, 124–126

  Texting and spelling, 83

  Tuning, in memory, 57

  Tutoring, 111, 153, 154, 165–169

  Venn diagrams, 197–198

  Verbal-based words, 16–17

  Verbs

  brain processing of, 13

  in minimum-distance principle, 48

  in syntactic network, 21–23

  irregular, 21–22, 101

  most common, 22

  Visual magnocellular-deficit hypothesis, 128–129

  Visual memory. 183

  Visual processing speed, 124–126

  Visual recognition system

  development of, 9–11

  dyslexia and, 126

  language processing and, 46, 50

  mental imagery and, 185

  visual word form area and, 59, 60, 63

  Visual word form area, 34, 59–60, 127, 140

  Vocabulary, 96

  acquisition of, 15–19, 97

  impact of television on, 19

  teaching strategies in, 98–99

  toddlers and, 17–19

  Webs, 201

 

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