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Peer reviewedCollette, Martha A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1979
Among the findings of the study of 141 dyslexic, reading retarded, and normal reading children was that the classic pathognomic signs of dyslexia (such as letter reversals and rotations) were reliably associated with poor reading but not specifically with diagnosed dyslexia. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Error Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedStanley, Gordon; Watson, Mary – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Ten dyslexic boys and 10 matched controls were asked to draw a person and write a composition. The two groups are compared on time spent on tasks, number of words written, and proportions of spelling and grammatical errors. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedPutnam, Lillian R. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
The Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test (MPDT) classifies remedial readers into three groups: primary, secondary, organic. This study of subjects aged 7-22 sought to determine if a significant negative relationship existed between (MPDT) scores and reading achievement and if error patterns differ significantly within and between the…
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
