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ERIC Number: EJ716785
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar-1
Pages: 5
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Reading Disability and the Brain
Shaywitz, Sally E.; Shaywitz, Bennett A.
Educational Leadership, v61 n6 p7 Mar 2004
A weakness in accessing the sounds of spoken language represents the most robust and specific correlate of reading disability in young school age children and adolescents. Neurological science and reading research that provides the scientific knowledge regarding this disability is presented.
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Difficulties, Young Children, Adolescents, Brain, Reading Research, Scientific Research, Correlation, Language Processing, Neurological Organization
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311. Web site: http://www.ascd.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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