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Peer reviewedFlood, James; Lapp, Diane – Reading Teacher, 1998
Describes two hours in the life of an eight-year-old to demonstrate that children acquire information and develop language skills from multiple sources. Argues that the conceptualization of literacy must be broadened from reading and writing skills to a definition that recognizes the layering of information and that includes all forms of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Definitions, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFletcher, Jack M.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1994
To examine the validity of distinguishing children with reading disabilities according to discrepancy and low-achievement definitions, 4 assessments of expected achievement and 2 of actual achievement were obtained for 199 elementary school students. Results do not support the validity of the discrepancy versus the low-achievement definition.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
