Cognition, Metacognition, and Reading

We had our first conversation about cognition, metacognition, and reading in September of 1976. Our particular concern was with reading and learning to read, and what, if anything, meta cognition might have to do with it all. We didn't really know much ab

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Springer Series in Language and Communication Editor: W. J.M. Levelt

Volume 1

Developing Grammars By W. Klein and N. Dittmar

Volume 2

The Child's Conception of Language 2nd Printing Editors: A. Sinclair, R. J. Jarvella, and W. 1. M. Levelt

Volume 3

The Logic of Language Development in Early Childhood By M. Miller

Volume 4

Inferring from Language By L. G. M. Noordman

Volume 5

Retrieval from Semantic Memory By W. Noordman-Vonk

Volume 6

Semantics from Different Points of View Editors: R. Bauerle, Egli, A. von Stechow

Volume 7

Lectures on Language Performance by Ch. E. Osgood

Volume 8

Speech Act Classification By Th. Ballmer and W. Brennenstuhl

Volume 9

The Development of Metalinguistic Abilities in Children By D. T. Hakes

Volume 10

Modelling Language Behavior By R. Narasimhan

Volume 11

Language in Primates: Perspectives and Implications Editors: 1. de Luce and H. T. Wilder

Volume 12

Concept Development and the Development of Word Meaning Editors: Th. B. Seiler and W. Wannenmacher

Volume 13

The Sun is Feminine A Study on Language Acquisition in Bilingual Children By T. Taeschner

Volume 14

Prosody: Models and Measurements Editors: A. Cutler and R. D. Ladd

Volume 15

Language Awareness in Children By D. L. Herriman

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Donna-Lynn Forrest-Pressley T. Gary Waller

Cognition, Metacognition, and Reading

Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg Tokyo

Donna-Lynn Forrest-Pressley

T. Gary Waller

Children's Psychiatric Research Institute Box 2460 University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, N6A 5C2 Canada

Department of Psychology University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada

Series Editor Professsor Dr. Willem J. Levelt Max-Planck- Institut fUr Psycholinguistik Berg en Dalseweg 79, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Forrest-Pressley, Donna-Lynn. Cognition, metacognition, and reading. (Springer series in language and communication; 18) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Reading, Psychology of. 2. Cognition in children. 3. Children-Language. 4. Memory in children. 5. Attention in children. I. Waller, T. Gary (Thomas Gary), (date). II. Title. ID. Series. BF456.R2F67

1984

153.6

84-5402

With 1 Figure

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9757-4 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5252-8

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-5252-8

Preface

We had our first conversation about cognition, metacognition, and reading in September of 1976. Our particular concern was with reading and learning to