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Download full textKavanagh, James F.; Yeni-Komshian, Grace – 1978
The 8-chapter booklet gives an overview of what is known and what remains to be known about developmental dyslexia. Chapter 1 defines the scope of reading problems in general, while chapter 2 defines dyslexia-"children who have difficulty learning to read, for no apparent reason". Chapter 4 outlines the normal reading process. Possible causes for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Dyslexia, Etiology, Learning Disabilities
Tarnopol, Lester, Ed.; Tarnopol, Muriel, Ed. – 1976
This volume includes essays on reading disabilities in such places as Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, Canada, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, Rhodesia, Republic of South Africa, and the United States. Most of the 20 essays include the background of special education in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Reading, Reading Difficulties
Vogel, Susan Ann – 1975
The information in this volume documents the author's extensive series of investigations concerning the syntactic abilities of good readers compared to dyslexics with reading comprehension difficulties. Findings corroborate the importance of syntactic ability in the reading process and confirm Goodman's psycholinguistic model of reading. Chapters…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Psycholinguistics
Gilliland, Hap – 1974
Emphasis in this book is on diagnosis for determining the causes of the reading difficulties and the specific needs of each student and on those groups of children who are most likely to develop reading problems--the culturally disadvantaged and those with learning disabilities. Instructional guides, included throughout the book, list problems…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension
Ross, Alan O. – 1976
This book relates laboratory work on learning disabilities to classroom work with learning-disabled children. Separate chapters discuss the concept of learning disabilities, learning disabilities and research on learning, attention and learning, learning disabilities and the brain-dysfunction hypothesis, hyperactivity and the effects of…
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Hyperactivity
Fleming, James W. – 1974
Fifty-eight students (in grades 5 and 6) of average or near-average intelligence (who were reading 2 or more years below their normal expected level and who learned best through the auditory modality) took part in a study to evaluate the following areas: the effectiveness of two auditory highlighting procedures for increasing listening…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Individual Differences
Sawyer, Diane J., Ed. – 1980
Focusing on helping teachers to understand and help children who have reading disabilities, the 13 papers in this volume were prepared by practitioners at various levels from public school, community, and university settings. The papers included in part one offer insights into the concomitant aspects of reading difficulties. Specific topics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education, Learning Disabilities
Benton, Arthur L., Ed.; Pearl, David, Ed. – 1978
The 22 chapters of this book provide an analysis of current thinking about the condition known as "developmental dyslexia,""specific reading disability," or "specific reading retardation." Leading investigators were commissioned to critically examine the scientific literature on dyslexia in various research areas and to write comprehensive…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Dyslexia, Educational Research, Electroencephalography
Samuels, S. Jay, Ed. – 1978
The papers in this volume represent both theory and application in reading research. The topics are as follows: research on programs for poor readers; a method for teaching children who have reading difficulties even though they have learned decoding skills; a decade of research on reading and learning disabilities; children's understanding of…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Linguistics
Leisman, Gerald – 1976
Representatives of a variety of disciplines concerned with either clinical or research problems in vision and learning disabilities present reviews and reports of relevant research and clinical approaches. Contributions are organized into four broad sections: basic processes, specific disorders, diagnosis of visually based problems in learning,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Roswell, Florence G.; Natchez, Gladys – 1977
This book organizes the subject of reading disability under the following headings: basic considerations, diagnosis, and treatment. Chapters under the basic-considerations heading explore the causes and neurological and psychological bases of reading disability and psychotherapeutic principles in remedial reading instruction. Two chapters…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Handicaps
Harris, Albert J.; Sipay, Edward R. – 1975
The sixth edition of this text incorporates research done in the five years since the fifth edition was published and contains new terminology, new concepts, new illustrations, and new materials. The four guiding principles (breadth of scope, maintenance of a balanced point of view, practicality, and clarity) remain. Chapter topics are reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Muma, John R. – 1978
Written primarily for clinicians who have interests in language assessment and intervention techniques, this book is intended for the following clinical specialties: speech pathology, deaf education, mental retardation, reading disabilities, language arts, special education, learning disabilities, and school psychology. The book provides an…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Deafness
