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Dyslexia is a learning disorder and a neurobiological condition, which means it affects areas of the brain that process language. Dyslexic teachers carry the struggles caused by dyslexia with them to the workplace. Despite the fact that dyslexia may not be considered a positive characteristic, dyslexic teachers show more empathy towards their pupil...
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Background: The term Language-based learning problems are
problems with age-appropriate reading, spelling, and/or writing. Dyslexia has
been used to refer to the specific learning problem of reading. The temporal
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based learning disorders (LBLP) is an impair...
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The purpose of this study is to design and develop Dyscalculia Checklist Instrument (DCI) for dyscalculic pupils in primary schools. Dyscalculia is a learning disability in mathematics. Unlike dyslexia, there is still no checklist available in our country to detect these dyscalculic pupils. If they are not being detected, these pupils will continue...
The aim of this chapter is to offer a neuropsychological approach to dyslexia. Firstly, the definition of dyslexia is addressed, as a specific learning disability that is neuropsychological in origin. Secondly, the clinical manifestations of dyslexia are discussed: academic, cognitive-linguistic, and socio-emotional. Thirdly, the main clinical expl...
In a previous study (Zoccolotti et al., 2020) we examined reading, spelling, and maths
skills in an unselected group of 129 Italian children attending fifth grade by testing
various cognitive predictors; results showed a high degree of predictors’ selectivity for
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