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Language at the Speed of Sight - How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It (Paperback)
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Language at the Speed of Sight - How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It (Paperback)
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According to a leading cognitive scientist, we've been teaching
reading wrong. The latest science reveals how we can do it right.
In 2011, when an international survey reported that students in
Shanghai dramatically outperformed American students in reading,
math, and science, President Obama declared it a "Sputnik moment":
a wake-up call about the dismal state of American education. Little
has changed, however, since then: over half of our children still
read at a basic level and few become highly proficient. Many
American children and adults are not functionally literate, with
serious consequences. Poor readers are more likely to drop out of
the educational system and as adults are unable to fully
participate in the workforce, adequately manage their own health
care, or advance their children's education. In Language at the
Speed of Sight, internationally renowned cognitive scientist Mark
Seidenberg reveals the underexplored science of reading, which
spans cognitive science, neurobiology, and linguistics. As
Seidenberg shows, the disconnect between science and education is a
major factor in America's chronic underachievement. How we teach
reading places many children at risk of failure, discriminates
against poorer kids, and discourages even those who could have
become more successful readers. Children aren't taught basic print
skills because educators cling to the disproved theory that good
readers guess the words in texts, a strategy that encourages
skimming instead of close reading. Interventions for children with
reading disabilities are delayed because parents are mistakenly
told their kids will catch up if they work harder. Learning to read
is more difficult for children who speak a minority dialect in the
home, but that is not reflected in classroom practices. By building
on science's insights, we can improve how our children read, and
take real steps toward solving the inequality that illiteracy
breeds. Both an expert look at our relationship with the written
word and a rousing call to action, Language at the Speed of Sight
is essential for parents, educators, policy makers, and all others
who want to understand why so many fail to read, and how to change
that.
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