We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the
hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades …

In this critique of current reading research and practice, the author contends that the extreme
ambiguity of English spelling-sound correspondence has confined reading science to an …

IQ scores are volatile indices of global functional outcome, the final common path of an
individual's genes, biology, cognition, education, and experiences. In studying …

Three experiments were carried out to examine the development of knowledge about
double letters. Children and adults chose items they thought looked most word-like from …

According to federal regulations, children with reading difficulties are eligible for special
education services under the learning disability category if they display reading skills that …

This longitudinal study examined the performance of poor comprehenders on several
reading-related abilities in the late elementary school years. We identified 3 groups of …

Parallel measures of phonological, syntactic, and orthographic processing skill and reading
were administered in English and in Chinese to 65 children whose 1st language (L1) was …

This study investigated the role of higher–level syntactic and semantic processes and lower–
level word recognition and graphophonic processes in adult English as a second language …

This study investigated cross-language and writing system relationship in biliteracy
acquisition of children learning to read two different writing systems—Chinese and English …

Six different measures of orthographic processing (three different letter string choice tasks,
two orthographic choice tasks, and a homophone choice task) were administered to thirty …