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A Study of Adolescent Poor Readers.
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Ackerman, Peggy T.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Forty adolescents with reading/spelling disabilities were assigned on the basis of IQ/achievement discrepancy scores to either a dyslexic or slow learner group. Significantly more females than males were in the slow learner category. Despite having lower IQs, the slow learning group had higher achievement levels, but group differences on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Dyslexia, Intelligence Quotient
EEG Power Spectra of Children with Dyslexia, Slow Learners, and Normally Reading Children with ADD during Verbal Processing.
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Ackerman, Peggy T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Electroencephalographic (EEG) power spectra were studied in two poor reader groups (dyslexia and slow learning) and a normal reading group with attention deficit disorder (ADD). In correlational analyses, the combination of greater low beta and less theta power significantly predicted better reading and spelling. Results suggest adequate readers…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Electroencephalography