THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF READING

The cognitive science of reading is broader from my perspective than f rom Lorch and van den Broek's (1997) viewpoint. In particular, verbal protocol analyses have resulted in substantial new insights about impo rtant control processes in reading. Much has also been learned with co gnitive science methods about the letter- and word-level processes inv olved in reading and learning to read. When the entire cognitive scien ce of reading literature is considered, two conclusions emerge: There has been enormous progress in the past 20 years in understanding readi ng, and cognitive science offers a theory and methodologies that will permit great additional progress in the years and decades ahead. (C) 1 997 Academic Press.