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ERIC Number: EJ793031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1076-9242
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Fluency Remediation in Dyslexic Children: Does Age Make a Difference?
Tressoldi, Patrizio E.; Lorusso, Maria Luisa; Brenbati, Federica; Donini, Roberta
Dyslexia, v14 n2 p142-152 May 2008
This study tested the hypothesis whether older dyslexic children may obtain fewer gains on fluency and accuracy with respect to their younger peers after specific remediation. Changes in accuracy and fluency of a group of children with a diagnosis of dyslexia attending third and fourth grades were compared with those obtained by a group of children attending the sixth, seventh or eighth grade in two different treatments, one based on the Balance model (Bakker) and the second based on the automatization of syllable recognition (sublexical). Among all comparisons between the gains in accuracy and fluency obtained by the two groups, only the younger group in the sublexical treatment obtained a statistically significant gain with respect to their older peers' accuracy in reading words. These outcomes suggest that, at least for the chronological ages and types of treatments considered in this study, older children with dyslexia may obtain comparable gains to their younger peers, suggesting that "it is never too late" to remediate reading fluency and accuracy. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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