The contribution of this landmark volume is its rethinking and reconceptualization of individual differences in reading. Proposing a more inclusive view, encompassing cognitive, non-cognitive, contextual, and methodological concerns, it serves as a summary of the current state of knowledge and a guide for future research.

Foreword by Anne Cunningham and Keith StanovichPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Individual Differences in Reading: A Brief Overview and History by Peter AfflerbachChapter 2: Identifying Individual Differences in Reading: What Are We Looking For? by Emily Fox and Liliana MaggioniChapter 3: Metacognition and Individual Differences by Marcel V.J. VeenmanChapter 4: Engagement and Motivational Processes in Reading by John T. Guthrie and Susan Lutz KlaudaChapter 5: Self-Efficacy, Agency, and Volition: Student Beliefs and Reading Motivation by Dale H. Schunk and William D. BursuckChapter 6: The Role of Epistemic Beliefs in the Comprehension of Single and Multiple Texts by Ivar Bråten, Helge I. Strømsø, and Leila E. FergusonChapter 7: Individual Differences in Phonological Awareness and their Role in Learning to Read by Jamie Quinn, Mercedes Spencer, and Richard K. WagnerChapter 8: Individual Differences in Word Recognition: Reading Acquisition and Reading Disabilities by Jamie L. Metsala & Margaret D. DavidChapter 9: Reading Fluency and Individual Differences by Paula J. Schwanenflugel and Melanie R. KuhnChapter 10: Complexities of Individual Differences in Vocabulary Knowledge: Implications for Research, Assessment, and Instruction by Michael J. Kieffer and Katherine D. StahlChapter 11: Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension by Paul van den Broek, Jolien M. Mouw, & Astrid KraalChapter 12: Prior Knowledge: Acquisition and Revision by Panayiota Kendeou and Edward J. O’BrienChapter 13: Higher Order Thinking in Comprehension by Danielle S. McNamara, Matthew Jacovina, and Laura VarnerChapter 14: School Contexts and the Production of Individual Differences by Julie E. Learned and Elizabeth Birr MojeChapter 15: Classroom Influences On Individual Differences by Richard L. Allington and Rachael GabrielChapter 16: Discursive Contexts, Reading and Individual Differences by Peter Johnston and Gay IveyChapter 17: Language Differences that Influence Reading Development: Instructional Implications of Alternative Interpretations of the Research Evidence by Jim CumminsChapter 18: Individual Differences in Reading History by Bruce VanSledrightChapter 19: Individual Differences in The New Literacies of Online Research and Comprehension by Donald J. Leu, Carita Kiili, and Elena ForzaniChapter 20: Family Matters: Home Influences and Individual Differences in Children’s Reading Development by Jennifer D. Turner, Maria E. Crassas, and Pamela H. SegalChapter 21: Influences of the Experience of Race as a Lens for Understanding Variation in Displays of Competence in Reading Comprehension by Carol D. LeeChapter 22: The influence of poverty on individual differences in reading by Alpana BhattacharyaChapter 23: Constructions of Difference: How Reading First, Response to Intervention, and Common Core policies conceptualize individual differences by Sarah L. Woulfin Chapter 24: The Role of Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity on Reading Comprehension Ability by Chantel S. Prat, Roy Seo, & Brianna L. YamasakiChapter 25: Individual Differences in Perceptual Processing and Eye Movements in Reading by Keith Rayner, Matthew J. Abbott, and Patrick PlummerChapter 26: Cognitive Processing and Reading Comprehension: Issues of Theory, Causality, and Individual Differences by Ralph E. Reynolds, Byeong-Young Cho, and Amy HutchisonChapter 27: Individual Differences Relations and Interrelations: Reconciling Issues of Definition, Dynamism, and Development by Sandra M. Loughlin and Patricia A. AlexanderList the ContributorsIndex