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ERIC Number: EJ1014515
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Aug
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-9242
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A View of Dyslexia in Context: Implications for Understanding Differences in Essay Writing Experience amongst Higher Education Students Identified as Dyslexic
Carter, Christine; Sellman, Edward
Dyslexia, v19 n3 p149-164 Aug 2013
This article applies socio-cultural theories to explore how differences in essay writing experience are constituted for a group of students identified as dyslexic. It reports on a qualitative study with eleven student writers, seven of whom are formally identified as dyslexic, from the schools of archaeology, history and philosophy in a "traditional" UK university. Semi-structured interviews before, during and after writing a coursework essay revealed well-documented dyslexia-related difficulties and also strong differences in how writing was experienced. The multiple and fluid dimensions that construct these differences suggest the importance of position within the context, previous and developing writing and learning experience, and metacognitive, meta-affective and metalinguistic awareness. They also suggest tensions between specialist and inclusive policies in relation to writing pedagogy for students identified as dyslexic. (Contains 4 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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