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| Dyslexia | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
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| Reading and Writing: An… | 1 |
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| Scarborough, Hollis S. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedScarborough, Hollis S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1991
Compares the reading ability of children with dyslexic parents and/or older siblings to children with no family incidence of dyslexia. Finds that many children from dyslexic families developed reading problems by the end of second grade. Discusses implications of the results for etiological theories of dyslexia. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics
