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Furnes, Bjarte; Samuelsson, Stefan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
In this study, the relationship between latent constructs of phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN) was investigated and related to later measures of reading and spelling in children learning to read in different alphabetic writing systems (i.e., Norwegian/Swedish vs. English). 750 U.S./Australian children and 230…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Phonological Awareness, Word Recognition
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Asbjornsen, Arve E.; Obrzut, John E.; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Manger, Terje – Dyslexia, 2010
The present study focussed on the determinants for effective solving of the Wordchains Test (WCT) in a normative sample of Norwegian junior high-school students. Forty voluntary participants from a rural school district in Western Norway completed the WCT along with tests of general intellectual capacity, single word and non-word reading, auditory…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Short Term Memory, Word Recognition, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Hoien, Torleiv; Lundberg, Ingvar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1989
This article argues for the importance of studying word-recognition strategies in the assessment of dyslexia. The dual-route model is defended despite attacks from supporters of computational models of modern connectionism. A computer-based diagnostic test battery is described and illustrated via 2 case studies of 15-year-old dyslexic boys in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests