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Snowling, Margaret J.; Duff, Fiona; Petrou, Alex; Schiffeldrin, Josie; Bailey, Alison M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
We report an investigation of the validity of teachers' ratings of children's progress in "phonics" as a screener for dyslexia. Seventy-three 6-year-olds from a whole school population were identified as "at risk" of dyslexia according to teacher judgements of slow progression through phonic phases. Six months later, children's attainments in…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonetics, Dyslexia, Validity
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Taylor, Laura Marie; Hume, Ian Robert; Welsh, Nikki – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between being labelled either as having dyslexia or as having general special educational needs (SEN) and a child's self-esteem. Seventy-five children aged between 8 and 15 years categorised as having dyslexia (N = 26), as having general SEN (N = 26) or as having no learning difficulties (N…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Self Esteem, Dyslexia