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Yasser A. Al-Hilawani; Asmaa S. M. Al-Subhi – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2024
This study examined the differences among the typically developing, low-achieving, and young offender participants on indices of oral and silent reading, listening comprehension, the Raven and behavior scales, and parental status. A convenient sample of 81 males and females from the same geographical region in the Sultanate of Oman took part in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Low Achievement, Reading Skills, Oral Reading
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Paizi, Despina; De Luca, Maria; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi; Burani, Cristina – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
Italian developmental dyslexic readers show a striking length effect and have been hypothesised to rely mostly on nonlexical reading. Our experiments tested this hypothesis by assessing whether or not the deficit underlying dyslexia is specific to lexical reading. The effects of lexicality, word frequency and length were investigated in the same…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Developmental Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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Eklund, Kenneth; Torppa, Minna; Aro, Mikko; Leppänen, Paavo H. T.; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
This study followed the development of reading speed, reading accuracy, and spelling in transparent Finnish orthography in children through Grades 2, 3, and 8. We compared 2 groups of children with familial risk for dyslexia--1 group with dyslexia (Dys _FR, n = 35) and 1 group without (NoDys_FR, n = 66) in Grade 2--with a group of children without…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 8, Literacy