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Peer reviewedYamada, Jun; Banks, Adam – Annals of Dyslexia, 1994
Assessment of 125 fourth graders in Japan found that 4 boys and 4 girls qualified as dyslexic, challenging the belief that dyslexia is largely absent among Japanese children. Japanese schoolchildren who decoded kana text slowly also performed poorly in digits reversed and other areas. Characteristics of these students are described. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Intermediate Grades
