Ocular dominance, reading, and spelling ability in schoolchildren.

Ocular dominance, reading, and spelling ability in schoolchildren.

The association of reading disability with perceptuomotor problems has had a chequered history. This study examines the relationship between a new test of ocular dominance and reading and spelling ability in a group of 298 schoolchildren. Similar rates for unstable ocular dominance were found for poor readers as in comparable studies. The rates of unstable ocular dominance did not differ betwee...

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

Spelling-based Phonics Instruction: It’s Effect on English Reading and Spelling in an EFL Context

Systematic phonics instruction in first language education has recently received considerable research attention due to its critical role in facilitating phonological awareness and processing skills. However, little is known about the effects of systematic phonics instruction on foreign language reading and spelling in an EFL context. This study examined the effects of spelling-based phonics in...

Ocular toxocariasis in schoolchildren.

Ocular toxocariasis in humans is typically a unilateral disease caused by second-stage larvae of the Toxocara species. Serological evidence of widespread infection in humans provides little information on clinical disease. There is only a single previous estimate of the prevalence of ocular toxocariasis (from Alabama). The present survey examined the extent of consultant-diagnosed toxocaral eye...

Spelling and Reading Representations in Children