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Felton, Rebecca H.; Wood, Frank B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study, with 93 third grade poor readers, 54 fifth grade poor readers (with and without reading/IQ discrepancies), and 147 nondisabled first graders, found poor readers significantly more impaired than the matched first graders on all measures of nonword reading thus supporting the hypothesis of a deficit in nonword reading skills not…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Nonverbal Ability

Wood, Frank B.; Felton, Rebecca H. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This 5-year study compared 204 first graders, 60 poor reading third graders, and 105 adults who had been evaluated for reading problems in childhood. Results suggest that attention deficit disorder has no impact on the development of word identification skills but does affect long-term educational outcomes. Phonological decoding and rapid naming…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Decoding (Reading), Longitudinal Studies