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Álvarez-Cañizo, Marta; Suárez-Coalla, Paz; Cuetos, Fernando – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Reading prosody is considered one of the essential markers of reading fluency, alongside accuracy and speed. The aim of our study was to investigate how development of reading prosody in Spanish children varies with sentence type and length. We compared primary school children from the third and fifth grades with an adult sample. Participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suprasegmentals, Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students
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Jimenez, Juan E.; de la Cadena, Claudia Garcia; Siegel, Linda S.; O'Shanahan, Isabel; Garcia, Eduardo; Rodriguez, Cristina – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze possible gender-related differences in the prevalence of dyslexia. A cross-national comparison of Spain and Guatemala was conducted. Both countries speak the same language but have a different standard of living and educational level. A second purpose of this study was to analyze the cognitive profile of…
Descriptors: Females, Dyslexia, Living Standards, Foreign Countries
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Martos, F. J.; Vila, J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1990
Examines the relationship between dyslexia and eye movement control in Spanish-speaking children. Finds no significant differences between dyslexic and retarded readers in their eye movements during reading tasks only; no significant differences between retarded and normal readers in ocular tracking but differences between each of the groups and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Eye Movements