Comprehension and Learning: A Conceptual Framework for Teachers

by Frank Smith

Defines the nature and limits of comprehension and learning and encourages flexibility in choosing instructional procedures and aids

277 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1975

About the author

Frank Smith was a psycholinguist recognized for his contributions in linguistics and cognitive psychology. He was contributor to research on the nature of the reading process together with researchers such as George Armitage Miller, Kenneth S. Goodman (see Ken Goodman), Paul A. Kolers, Jane W. Torrey, Jane Mackworth, Richard Venezky, Robert Calfee, and Julian Hochberg. Smith and Goodman were singled out as originators of the modern psycholinguistic approach to reading instruction.