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Hood, Joyce – Today's Education, 1974
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure
Download full textManzo, Anthony V.; Duffelmeyer, Fred – 1975
A formulated definition of the term dyslexia is proposed in this paper in order to clarify the semantical confusion which exists among both specialists and the general public. Dyslexia is explained as a generic term for severe and puzzling reading disability, found to be both acute (where reading-age lags 25 percent or more below mental age) and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty
Novak, Josephine – 1971
This series of nine articles on dyslexia, or specific language disability, originally appeared in the Baltimore "Evening Sun" in response to increasing public interest regarding reading disabilities and handicaps. These articles summarize the methods of identifying and teaching these children and discuss the school's common failure to identify and…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
States that the term "reading disability" is a disease metaphor that narrows our ability to work with failure and that it is necessary to diagnosis a child's reading problem accurately in order to treat the problem adequately. (MKM)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Metaphors, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulty
Smith, Bert Kruger – American Education, 1972
Gives a case history of a strange disability called dyslexia, and tells how the person struggled his way into college without knowing how to read. (Editor/GB)
Descriptors: Case Records, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health
Jerrolds, Bob W. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Extensive reading is a crucial factor, and the librarian has a vital part to play in motivating remedial reading students to dare to enjoy books. (Author)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Librarians, Library Role, Reading Difficulties
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading. – 1972
This abstract bibliography is a reader's companion to the Ruth Strang monograph "Reading Diagnosis and Remediation," which was published jointly by the International Reading Association and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Retrieval of Information and Evaluation on Reading (ERIC/CRIER) in 1968. It contains complete citations and abstracts of all of the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulty
RAUCH, SIDNEY J.; SCHLEICH, MIRIAM – 1967
A PILOT PROGRAM IS BEING CONDUCTED AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ITS READING CENTER AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT. THIS COORDINATED HISTORY-READING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN WAS DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN A COURSE REQUIRING EXTENSIVE READING, TO ANALYZE THE CONTENT OF A…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure
Girdon, Mary Bowers – Elementary English, 1973
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Language Experience Approach, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure
Brown, Virginia L.; Botel, Morton – 1972
A review of research literature on the subject of dyslexia printed since 1955 is presented, concentrating on the interest in the subject during the late 1960's. The authors initially admit that precise definition of the term dyslexia is quite impossible (they use the term to mean the inability to read) and devote chapters to describing problems…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Reading Diagnosis
Jordan, Dale R. – 1972
Dyslexia is defined in this book as the inability to process language symbols. Dyslexia is seen as a continuum ranging from mild forms of symbol confusion to complex syndromes of disabilities. Three specific kinds of dyslexia are identified: visual dyslexia, auditory dyslexia, and dysgraphia. Two chapters, one describing and one suggesting…
Descriptors: Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedSamuels, S. Jay – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Critically analyzes explanations of reading difficulty and research methods used to investigate reading difficulty. (Author)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Associative Learning, Conceptual Schemes, Literature Reviews
Lerner, Janet W. – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Educational Research, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Kasdon, Lawrence M. – 1969
The disagreement on terminology used to describe reading difficulties and to classify reading underachievers is illustrated. Some of the research findings on physical, intellectual, emotional, and educational factors which cause reading difficulty are described, with emphasis on replying to questions asked by parents and on clarifying some…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
Downing, John – 1969
The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.), devised by Sir James Pitman as a simplified alphabet for beginning readers, consists of 44 characters plus a set of rules for standard spellings of English words using these characters. The characters and rules are designed to ensure easy transition from i.t.a. to traditional orthography (T.O.). In September…
Descriptors: Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literature Reviews
