A Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia Bergen’s Multivariate Study of Children’s Learning Disabilities

Psychological and educational researchers in the Scandinavian countries have cooperated in a research effort relating to children's learning disabilities for more than a decade. Support has come from the federal governments and other funding agencies in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark through the S...

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Main Authors: Gjessing, Hans-Jörgen, Karlsen, Bjorn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction
  • 1. Purposes and Design of the Study; Organization of the Book
  • 2. Description of Earlier Reports on the Bergen Project
  • 3. Methodological Issues in Dyslexia Research
  • II School Learning Disabilities
  • 4. School Achievement
  • 5. Socioemotional Characteristics
  • 6. Cognitive and Achievement Characteristics
  • III Theoretical and Clinical Foundation of This Study of Dyslexia
  • 7. Overview of Research on Reading and Dyslexia
  • 8. Dyslexia Models and Theories
  • 9. Function Analysis of Literacy Behavior
  • IV Results of the Study of Dyslexia and Dyslexia Types
  • 10. Descriptive Analysis of the Entire Dyslexia Group
  • 11. Multivariate Analyses of Clinical and Statistical Groupings
  • 12. Eye Examinations
  • 13. Neurological Examinations
  • 14. Growth and Efficacy Data: Results of the Total Experimental Program
  • V The Bergeb Project’s Contribution to Research And Its Applied Educational and Clinical Value
  • 15. Summary, Conclusions, and Discussion of the Entire Project
  • Appendix: Sample Selection Procedures and Grouping of Pupils