Development of Literacy
© 2017
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Contributors
- Amelia Bachleda, PhD
- Melanie Fish
- Marley Jarvis, PhD
- Sarah Roseberry Lytle, PhD
- Lily Shafer
- Elizabeth Zack, PhD
- Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
- Andrew N. Meltzoff, PhD
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- Dyslexia
- a learning disability characterized by poor spelling and difficulties with word recognition and word decoding. It is unrelated to intelligence, motivation, or school experience
- Explicit instruction
- systematic and direct teaching that takes into account students’ prior knowledge
- Phonics-based reading instruction
- teaching focused on how letters represent sounds and how words can be sounded out by knowing letter-sound correspondences
- Plasticity
- the brain’s ability to change as a result of experience