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Fostick, Leah; Bar-El, Sharona; Ram-Tsur, Ronit – Online Submission, 2012
Dyslexia is a neuro-cognitive disorder with a strong genetic basis, characterized by a difficulty in acquiring reading skills. Several hypotheses have been suggested in an attempt to explain the origin of dyslexia, among which some have suggested that dyslexic readers might have a deficit in auditory temporal processing, while others hypothesized…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Ability, Auditory Perception, Time Perspective
Foster, Colin – Mathematics Teaching, 2011
Teachers say that they would gladly teach a day in the classroom if at the end of the day they could leave and have no marking. There is a common staffroom perception that mathematics teachers have it easy when it comes to marking. In arts subjects, setting an essay can be a fairly straightforward matter--a one-line question may suffice--but…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Greven, Corina U.; Rijsdijk, Fruhling V.; Asherson, Philip; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disability commonly co-occur because of shared genetic risk factors. However, the stability and change of these genetic influences and the predictive relationships underlying this association longitudinally remain unclear. Methods: ADHD symptoms and reading were assessed as…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Twins, Early Adolescents, Risk