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ERIC Number: EJ179200
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Research Views: Metaphors for Reading Failure
Guthrie, John T.
Reading Teacher, 31, 7, 852-4, Apr 78
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, Reading Failure, Remedial Reading
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