The Birthdate Effect: Fact or Artifact?.

Gredler, Gilbert R.

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ERIC Number: EJ230289

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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The Birthdate Effect: Fact or Artifact?

Gredler, Gilbert R.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v13 n5 p239-42 May 1980

The author refutes the findings of a study (EC 124 401) indicating a birthdate effect on readiness level and suggests that school psychologists and others should stop blaming chronological age for reading failure. (CL)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Reading Failure, School Entrance Age, School Readiness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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