Experiment 1 examined the time course of orthographic learning among Grade 3 children. A
single encounter with a novel orthographic string was sufficient to produce reliable recall of …

This study set out to investigate the self-teaching of good and poor readers in pointed
Hebrew–a highly regular orthography. Four groups of children (three groups in Grades 4 to …

Publisher Summary Memory is a critical area of focus in the field of Learning Disabilities
(LDs) as it is linked to performance in several academic and cognitive areas. This chapter …

Introducción. El objetivo de este estudio ha sido examinar el papel de las unidades
multiletras, tales como el morfema y la palabra completa, en el acceso al léxico, en niños …

Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes the importance of adopting a lifespan
developmental perspective for understanding Learning Disabilities (LDs) and overviews …

The authors examined the differences in performance between 30 dyslexic readers in 4th
grade, 30 dyslexic readers attending university, and age-matched normal readers for both …

Introduction. The aim of this study was to examine the role of multiletter units, such as the
morpheme and whole word, in accessing the lexicon, in Spanish children with dyslexia …

Acknowledgements I sincerely thank my supervisor Dr Frances Martin for her continued
support, advice, and encouragement over the years of this research and Dr John Davidson …