Visual Processing Deficiencies in Poor Readers [electronic resource] : A Critique of Traditional Conceptualizations of the Etiology of Dyslexia / Frank R. Vellutino.
This discussion of dyslexia addresses the popular view that reading disability in children with dyslexia is caused by dysfunction in visual processing. Several visual deficit theories are presented and challenged. In addition, evidence for and against specific hypotheses is reviewed and evidence is...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This discussion of dyslexia addresses the popular view that reading disability in children with dyslexia is caused by dysfunction in visual processing. Several visual deficit theories are presented and challenged. In addition, evidence for and against specific hypotheses is reviewed and evidence is presented that supports the likelihood that reading disability is caused either by deficiencies in one or more aspects of linguistic functioning or by a specific disorder in visual/verbal integration. (TJ) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED167942. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association World Congress on Reading (7th, Hamburg, West Germany, August 1-3, 1978). Educational level discussed: Elementary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 56 p. |