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ERIC Number: EJ174709
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Familial Patterns of Impairment in Reading Disability
Foch, T. T.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 4, 316-29, Aug 77
Psychometric evaluation of 58 reading-disabled children, matched controls, and their nuclear families was employed to identify familial patterns of impairment in cognitive abilities. Certain types of genetic transmission or a combination of causes may be responsible for reading disability. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Heredity, Low Achievement, Parents, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulty, Sex Differences, Siblings
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Identifiers: Colorado Family Reading Study