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Breznitz, Zvia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2002
Investigates whether asynchrony of speed of processing between visual-orthographic and auditory-phonological modalities can account for word recognition deficits among dyslexic readers. Indicates that dyslexic readers were slower than control readers in most of the experimental tasks. Proposes a theory suggesting that asynchrony between the…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes

Breznitz, Zvia – Reading Improvement, 1989
Examines the relevance of decoding, comprehension, and reading rate as used by teachers for evaluation of their students' reading competence. Finds that teachers claim to rely only on decoding and comprehension in assessing reading competence, but that in practice teachers rely quite heavily on reading rate as a diagnostic tool. (RS)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Grade 1