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Direct linkVellutino, Frank R.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Snowling, Margaret J.; Scanlon, Donna M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ("dyslexia") over the past four decades. After outlining components of reading ability, we discuss manifest causes of reading difficulties, in terms of deficiencies in component reading skills that might lead to such…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Semantics, Dyslexia, Reading Skills
