Imagery and Text

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"...an important addition to the study of reading and writing theory. It is the first text to present a unified theory consistent with the Dual Coding Theory (DCT) of cognition....Imagery and Text offers readers a concise and useable text. This book is on the 'cutting-edge' and is recommended for graduate classes covering literacy theory, remedial reading, development of assessment strategies, and literacy education in general."
-Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

"...reading the book is a pleasure: It is short, well organized into eight coherent chapters, and well written....Imagery and Text belongs on your bookshelf if you are interested in the cognitive psychology of mental representations and its implications for the educational psychology of reading and writing."
-APA Review of Books

"The strength of this book lays in its precision, accuracy and clarity...It is meticulously researched and logically structured-the treatment of memory and remembering in chapter five is particularly well structured. In writing this volume the authors have chosen to value knowledge that has derived from empirical research...Their focus on reading and writing points to the need for further research in areas such as the use of visual imagery by indigenous story tellers, individual differences in imagery ability including differences in subjects ability to manipulate or think with images, and classroom based research into the role of imagery in language and literacy development...Imagery and Text is a welcome addition to the field of education and psychology. It will, no doubt find a place as a set text for these courses."
-Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal