Dislexia

Dislexia
Author: Esmeralda Matute
Publisher: Editorial El Manual Moderno
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2012-08-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 6074482705

La dislexia, o trastorno del aprendizaje de la lectura, es un problema que afecta entre 2 y 10% de la población infantil mundial. Las variaciones en su prevalencia y en sus manifestaciones están en muchos casos vinculadas a factores sociales y culturales entre las que destacan las características de la lengua y de su sistema ortográfico. Este libro reúne las aportaciones de especialistas hispanohablantes con el fin de caracterizar este problema en niños de nuestro entorno inmediato. Después de definir y explicar conceptos introductorios entre los que se incluye el mismo término de dislexia, se hace énfasis en las características de los niños hispanohablantes con dislexia abordando los factores lingüísticos y ambientales así como sus características neuropsicológicas. En específico se explica cómo las características del sistema de escritura del español inciden en la manifestación de la dislexia y de ahí en su diagnóstico, evaluación y tratamiento. Paso seguido se hace una caracterización de materiales para la atención de estos niños y se presentan dos métodos de enseñanza de la lectura como referentes para su atención. Dislexia: Definición e intervención en hispanohablantes está pensado para ser leído o consultado por cualquier persona interesada en el tema y en específico, por profesionistas involucrados en la atención de este problema. Los autores que participan en esta obra son especialistas de gran prestigio que buscan la difusión de los diferentes abordajes actuales que coadyuvan en la adquisición de la lectura en niños que presentan dislexia.

Teaching Tech Together

Teaching Tech Together
Author: Greg Wilson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000728153

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming, web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so that people don't have to learn these things on their own, but ironically, their founders and instructors are often teaching themselves how to teach. There's a better way. This book presents evidence-based practices that will help you create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them. Topics include the differences between different kinds of learners, diagnosing and correcting misunderstandings, teaching as a performance art, what motivates and demotivates adult learners, how to be a good ally, fostering a healthy community, getting the word out, and building alliances with like-minded groups. The book includes over a hundred exercises that can be done individually or in groups, over 350 references, and a glossary to help you navigate educational jargon.

El bilingüismo en el mundo hispanohablante

El bilingüismo en el mundo hispanohablante
Author: Silvina Montrul
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1118291662

Esta amplia introducción al bilingüismo en español abarca los contextos sociales, políticos y culturales del español en EEUU, España y Hispanoamérica. Escrito para estudiantes no nativos de español, es el primer libro de texto de estas características para los estudiantes de lingüística hispánica. Este libro de texto en español presenta los temas fundamentales en el estudio del bilingüismo a estudiantes y profesionales Explora comunidades bilingües en Estados Unidos, Hispanoamérica y España Crea conciencia crítica sobre la complejidad del bilingüismo como un fenómeno sociopolítico y cultural Se organiza en tres secciones principales centradas en la sociedad y el individuo: el bilingüismo y la sociedad; el bilingüismo y el individuo; y la política y la educación Incluye mapas, recuadros de resumen del capítulo, vocabulario y conceptos clave y preguntas de comprensión, así como preguntas para reflexionar, investigar y comentar al final de cada capítulo This wide-ranging introduction to Spanish bilingualism covers the social, political, and cultural contexts of Spanish in the US, Spain, and Hispanoamérica. Written for non-native Spanish learners, it offers the first textbook of its kind for students of Hispanic linguistics. This Spanish-language textbook introduces students and professionals to the fundamental issues in the study of bilingualism Explores bilingual communities in the United States, Hispanoamérica, and Spain Raises critical awareness of the complexity of bilingualism as a sociopolitical and cultural phenomenon Organized in three main sections which focus on both society and the individual: bilingualism and society; bilingualism and the individual; and politics and education Includes maps, chapter summary boxes, key terms and concepts, and comprehension questions, as well as questions for reflection, research and discussion at the end of each chapter

The Acquisition of Spanish

The Acquisition of Spanish
Author: Silvina Montrul
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027252975

This is the first book on the acquisition of Spanish that provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of Spanish morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual situations. Its content is organized around key grammatical themes that form the empirical base of research in generative grammar: nominal and verbal inflectional morphology, subject and object pronouns, complex structures involving movement (topicalizations, questions, relative clauses), and aspects of verb meaning that have consequences for syntax. The book argues that Universal Grammar constrains all instances of language acquisition and that there is a fundamental continuity between monolingual, bilingual, child and adult early grammatical systems. While stressing their similarities with respect to linguistic representations and processes, the book also considers important differences between these three acquisition situations with respect to the outcome of acquisition. It is also shown that many linguistic properties of Spanish are acquired earlier than in English and other languages. This book is a must read for those interested in the acquisition of Spanish from different theoretical perspectives as well as those working on the acquisition of other languages in different contexts.

Epilepsy

Epilepsy
Author: Jerome Engel
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1272
Release: 2007-09-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781757775

Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, "the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy". This Second Edition is thoroughly updated and gives you a complete print and multimedia package: the three-volume set plus access to an integrated content Website. More than 300 chapters cover the spectrum of biology, physiology, and clinical information, from molecular biology to public health concerns in developing countries. Included are detailed discussions of seizure types and epilepsy syndromes; relationships between physiology and clinical events; psychiatric and medical comorbidity; conditions that could be mistaken for epilepsy; and an increasing range of pharmacologic, surgical, and alternative therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This edition describes many new antiepileptic drugs, major advances in surgical treatment, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging, EEG, and other technologies for diagnosis and seizure prediction. A companion Website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, plus an image bank of additional figures, video footage, and annual updates to selected chapters.

Cycles of Contingency

Cycles of Contingency
Author: Susan Oyama
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2003-01-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780262650632

The nature/nurture debate is not dead. Dichotomous views of development still underlie many fundamental debates in the biological and social sciences. Developmental systems theory (DST) offers a new conceptual framework with which to resolve such debates. DST views ontogeny as contingent cycles of interaction among a varied set of developmental resources, no one of which controls the process. These factors include DNA, cellular and organismic structure, and social and ecological interactions. DST has excited interest from a wide range of researchers, from molecular biologists to anthropologists, because of its ability to integrate evolutionary theory and other disciplines without falling into traditional oppositions.The book provides historical background to DST, recent theoretical findings on the mechanisms of heredity, applications of the DST framework to behavioral development, implications of DST for the philosophy of biology, and critical reactions to DST.