This work brings together the papers to be presented at the Second International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association. This conference is intended to examine a variety of aspects of dyslexia, within the following general themes - education, language, biological bases, cognition, development of literacy and numeracy and and social and behavioural elements. The contreibutors are specialists in their fields.

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Utgivningsdatum:1991-04-03
Mått:153 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Very Short Introductions
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781870332477

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Contributors. Acknowledgements.Editorial.Part 1: Biological bases.Chapter 1 Genetics and Dyslexia: an overview - John C.DeFries.Chapter 2 Neurobiological issues in dyslexia - Drake D. Duane.Chapter 3 Vision and language - John F. Stein.Chapter 4 EEG topographical mapping and laterality measures in dyslexic children - Georgina Rippon.Part II: The normal development of literacy.Chapter 5 The development of reading and spelling in children: an overview - Linnea Ehri.Chapter 6 Spelling and sound in learning to read - Nick Ellis.Chapter 7 Metaphonological abilities and literacy - Jose Morais.Chapter 8Recent work on reading and spelling development - Usha Goswami.Part III: The definition, nature and prevalence of dyslexia.Chapter 9 The theoretical and practical consquences of discrepancy definitions of dyslexia - Keith E. Stanovich.Chapter 10 On determining the prevalence of dyslexia - Tim R. Miles.Chapter 11 Phonological and visual segmentation problems in poor readers - Rhona Brown and Frances Watson.Part IV: Intervention: theoretical and practical issues.Chapter 13 Dyslexia: the obvious and hidden speech and language disorder - Joy Stackhouse and Bill Wells.Chapter 14 Visual dyslexia/auditory dyslexia: is this a valuable distinction? - Elaine Miles.Chapter 15 Is medicinal treatment of dyslexia advisable - Colin Wilsher.Part V: Intervention: empirical studies of teaching.Chapter 16 The remediation of reading comprehension difficulties.Chapter 17 The beneficial effect of accelerating reading rate: on dyslexic readers' reading comprehension - Zvia Breznitz.Chapter 18 The teaching of spelling using techniques of simultaneous oral spelling and visual inspection - Michael Thomson.Part VI: Intervention: the practical skills of dyslexic teaching.Chapter 19 Factors to consider when designing a test protocol in mathematics for dyslexics - Steve J Chinn.Chapter 20 Mathematics and dyslexics - after basics what then? - Anne Henderson.Chapter 21 Communication and study skills at primary level - Patience Thomson.Chapter 22 Curriculum-based study skills - Virginia Kelly.Chapter 23 The road to reading: basic skills to college allowances - Arlene W. Sonday.Chapter 24 Setting up a learning programme for adult dyslexics - Cynthia Klein.Chapter 25 The dyslexic child's transfer of learning from the individual less to work in the classroom - Ann Cooke.Chapter 26 The use of tape-recorders to develop speaking and listening skills - Jeanne Reilly.Chapter 27 Pupil's self-evaluation as an aid to teaching handwriting - Jane Taylor.Chapter 28 A multisensory approach towards reading music - Margaret Hubicki.Index.