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Subtypes of developmental dyslexia: The influence of definitional variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the manner in which a reading disability is defined will influence the conclusions that are made about the characteristics of the disability. To test this hypothesis, learning disabled and normally achieving children, aged 6 to 14, were administered tasks measuring grammatical, shortterm memory, phonological, reading, and visual-spatial skills. The poor readers were divided into …

Authors

Siegel LS; Ryan EB

Journal

Reading and Writing, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 257–287

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

September 1989

DOI

10.1007/bf00377646

ISSN

0922-4777