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Limpo, Teresa; Parente, Naiana; Alves, Rui A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study used a multiple-probe design across three participants to test the effectiveness of a handwriting intervention for fifth graders (age 10-11) displaying less handwriting fluency than their peers, but without spelling disorders. The 5-h handwriting intervention provided students with explicit instruction and intensive practice in writing…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Alphabets
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Eviatar, Zohar; Ibrahim, Raphiq; Karelitz, Tzur M.; Simon, Anat Ben – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
We tested the effects of orthography on text reading by comparing reading measures in Arabic and Hebrew-speaking adults. The languages are typologically very similar, but use different orthographies. We measured naming speed of single letters, words and nonwords, and visual processing. Arabic-speakers also performed some of the tasks in Hebrew. We…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Reading Skills, Adults, Visual Perception