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ERIC Number: EJ638931
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1088-8438
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Language Phenotype for Reading and Writing Disability: A Family Approach.
Berninger, Virginia W.; Abbott, Robert D.; Thomson, Jennifer B.; Raskind, Wendy H.
Scientific Studies of Reading, v5 n1 p59-106 2001
Administers 23 psychometric measures of reading, writing, and related language processes to 102 elementary students and their parents. Notes results are consistent with claim of functional systems theory that the same language processes are orchestrated flexibly depending on task at hand. Finds number of language deficits uniquely predicted severity of reading and writing problems in children and spelling problems in adults. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Influence, Parents, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Writing Achievement, Writing Difficulties, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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