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The Role of Executive Function in Supporting Reading Fluency in Students with Dyslexia: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis
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Breazeale, Ashley Mayhew – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of executive function (EF) skills (i.e., working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition) in supporting the development of reading fluency in elementary school students with dyslexia. Participants were 47 students (i.e., second to sixth grade) attending a private school in the Mid-South…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Executive Function, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes
Providing English Foreign Language Teachers with Content Knowledge to Facilitate Decoding and Spelling Acquisition: A Longitudinal Perspective
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Kahn-Horwitz, Janina – Annals of Dyslexia, 2016
This quasi-experimental study adds to the small existing literature on orthographic-related teacher knowledge in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context. The study examined the impact of a course on English orthography on predominantly non-native-speaking EFL preservice and inservice teachers' orthographic content knowledge, and the extent…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Dyslexia, English (Second Language), Preservice Teachers
Reading and Spelling Gains Following One Year of Orton-Gillingham Intervention in Singaporean Students with Dyslexia
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Lim, Lois; Oei, Adam C. – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
Despite the widespread use of Orton-Gillingham (OG) based approaches to dyslexia remediation, empirical support documenting its effectiveness is lacking. Recently, Chia and Houghton demonstrated the effectiveness of the OG approach for remediation of dyslexia in Singapore. As a conceptual replication and extension of that research, we report…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dyslexia, Reading Programs, Teaching Methods
Computerized Writing and Reading Instruction for Students in Grades 4-9 with Specific Learning Disabilities Affecting Written Language
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Tanimoto, S.; Thompson, R.; Berninger, V. W.; Nagy, W.; Abbott, R. D. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
Computer scientists and educational researchers evaluated effectiveness of computerized instruction tailored to evidence-based impairments in specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in students in grades 4-9 with persisting SLDs despite prior extra help. Following comprehensive, evidence-based differential diagnosis for dysgraphia (impaired…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 8
Coping Successfully with Dyslexia: An Initial Study of an Inclusive School-Based Resilience Programme
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Firth, Nola; Frydenberg, Erica; Steeg, Charlotte; Bond, Lyndal – Dyslexia, 2013
A dyslexia coping programme entitled "Success and Dyslexia" was implemented in two primary schools within a whole-class coping programme and whole-school dyslexia professional development context. One hundred and two year 6 students, 23 of whom had dyslexia, undertook surveys pretest, post-test and at 1-year follow-up. Effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Dyslexia
Is Weak Oral Language Associated with Poor Spelling in School-Age Children with Specific Language Impairment, Dyslexia or Both?
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McCarthy, Jillian H.; Hogan, Tiffany P.; Catts, Hugh W. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that word reading accuracy, not oral language, is associated with spelling performance in school-age children. We compared fourth grade spelling accuracy in children with specific language impairment (SLI), dyslexia or both (SLI/dyslexia) to their typically developing grade-matched peers.…
Descriptors: Spelling, Semantics, Oral Language, Dyslexia