Literacy Skill Development of Children With Familial Risk for Dyslexia Through Grades 2, 3, and 8
Eklund, K., Torppa, M., Aro, M., Leppänen, P. H., & Lyytinen, H. (2015). Literacy Skill Development of Children With Familial Risk for Dyslexia Through Grades 2, 3, and 8. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(1), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037121
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This study followed the development of reading speed, reading accuracy, and spelling in
transparent Finnish orthography through Grades 2, 3, and 8. We compared two groups of
children with familial risk for dyslexia, with or without dyslexia in Grade 2 (Dys_FR, n = 35
and NoDys_FR, n = 66) to a group of children without familial risk and dyslexia (Controls, n
= 72). The Dys_FR group showed persisting deficiency especially in reading speed, and, to a
minor extent, in reading and spelling accuracy. The Dys_FR children, contrary to the other
two groups, relied heavily on letter-by-letter decoding in Grades 2 and 3. In children not
fulfilling the criteria for dyslexia in Grade 2, the familial risk did not substantially affect the
subsequent development of literacy skills.
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