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Is a Cerebellar Deficit the Underlying Cause of Reading Disabilities?
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Irannejad, Shahrzad; Savage, Robert – Annals of Dyslexia, 2012
This study investigated whether children with dyslexia differed in their performance on reading, phonological, rapid naming, motor, and cerebellar-related tasks and automaticity measures compared to reading age (RA)-matched and chronological age (CA)-matched control groups. Participants were 51 children attending mainstream English elementary…
Descriptors: Children, Dyslexia, Neurological Impairments, Intelligence Quotient
Orthographic Processing Efficiency in Developmental Dyslexia: An Investigation of Age and Treatment Factors at the Sublexical Level
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O'Brien, Beth A.; Wolf, Maryanne; Miller, Lynne T.; Lovett, Maureen W.; Morris, Robin – Annals of Dyslexia, 2011
Reading fluency beyond decoding is a limitation to many children with developmental reading disorders. In the interest of remediating dysfluency, contributing factors need to be explored and understood in a developmental framework. The focus of this study is orthographic processing in developmental dyslexia, and how it may contribute to reading…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Reading Fluency, Dyslexia
Reading Fluency and Speech Perception Speed of Beginning Readers with Persistent Reading Problems: The Perception of Initial Stop Consonants and Consonant Clusters
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Snellings, Patrick; van der Leij, Aryan; Blok, Henk; de Jong, Peter F. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2010
This study investigated the role of speech perception accuracy and speed in fluent word decoding of reading disabled (RD) children. A same-different phoneme discrimination task with natural speech tested the perception of single consonants and consonant clusters by young but persistent RD children. RD children were slower than chronological age…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Phonetics, Phonemes
Reorganizing the Instructional Reading Components: Could There Be a Better Way to Design Remedial Reading Programs to Maximize Middle School Students with Reading Disabilities' Response to Treatment?
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Calhoon, Mary Beth; Sandow, Alexia; Hunter, Charles V. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to explore if there could be a more beneficial method in organizing the individual instructional reading components (phonological decoding, spelling, fluency, and reading comprehension) within a remedial reading program to increase sensitivity to instruction for middle school students with reading disabilities…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Reading, Reading Programs
Training Reading Fluency: Is It Important to Practice Reading Aloud and Is Generalization Possible?
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Hintikka, Sini; Landerl, Karin; Aro, Mikko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Annals of Dyslexia, 2008
Outcomes of three different types of computerized training in sub-lexical items (word-initial consonant clusters) on reading speed for 39 German-speaking poor readers in Grades 2 and 3 were evaluated. A phonological-orthographic association group, a reading aloud group, and a combined group were compared in performance with an untrained control…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Generalization, Reading Aloud to Others, Grade 2
Training Reading Fluency among Poor Readers of German: Many Ways to the Goal
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Huemer, Sini; Landerl, Karin; Aro, Mikko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Annals of Dyslexia, 2008
Outcomes of two training programs aimed at improving reading speed for 39 German-speaking poor readers in grades 2 and 4 were evaluated. During a 6-week training period, a specific target for children in a "computer group" was to improve reading of word-initial consonant clusters by practice in associating an orthographic unit with a corresponding…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonemes, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 2