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

This paper reviews issues and early findings in the cross-linguistic study of alphabetic
spelling development. The primary focus is on the effects that differences in orthographic …

Provides an overview of state-of-the-art research on the science of reading, revised and
updated throughout The Science of Reading presents the most recent advances in the study …

Two studies investigated the importance of phoneme awareness relative to other predictors
in the development of reading and spelling among children learning a consistent …

We examined the longitudinal predictors of nonword decoding, reading fluency, and spelling
in three languages that vary in orthographic depth: Finnish, Greek, and English. Eighty-two …

This intervention study tested whether invented spelling plays a causal role in learning to
read. Three groups of kindergarten children (mean age= 5 years 7 months) participated in a …

We examined the double deficit hypothesis (Wolf & Bowers, 1999) and literacy development
in a longitudinal dataset of 1,006 Finnish children who were nonreaders at school entry. A …

The purpose of the study was to investigate incidence, severity and types of motor problems
in two groups of poor readers compared to good reading controls. A group of children with …

Developmental dyslexia is now a recognized disorder in many literate societies. On its
website, the International Dyslexia Association boasts affiliated branches on every continent …

Substantial evidence from studies of English‐speaking dyslexic children's spelling suggests
that these individuals have a persistent impairment in representing the phonological …