Sökning: "dyslexia"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 37 avhandlingar innehållade ordet dyslexia.
6. Samtal för samverkan : En studie av transprofessionell kommunikation och kompetensutveckling om läs- och skrivsvårigheter/dyslexi
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present thesis is to study whether and how professionals from such different areas as medicine, preschool and school develop and reorganize, through inter-disciplinary focus group discussions, their competence regarding reading-and-writing difficulties/dyslexia.The theoretical framework is based on sociocultural theory of mediated action, focusing on notions such as alterity, intersubjectivity, dialogicality, mastery, appropriation, practical consciousness and discursive consciousness. LÄS MER
7. A fair score? : group independent validity arguments for college admission tests
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate fair use of test scores for admission to higher education. In this thesis, fairness is narrowed down to an instrumental definition relating to a fair interpretation of test scores. The focus is on the use of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) for admission decisions. LÄS MER
8. Varieties of reading disability : Phonological and orthographic word decoding deficits and implications for interventions
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to examine variations in the word decoding skills of reading disabled children. These variations were related to possible cognitive, developmental, and environmental causes of reading disability. Possible implications for educational interventions were also analysed. LÄS MER
9. Kan man bli klok på läsdebatten? : Analys av en pedagogisk kontrovers : [analysis of a pedagogical controversy]
Sammanfattning : The overall question for this dissertation is: Why is it that scholars and experienced teachers take part in a controversy on initial reading instruction with such intensity and anger?This study focuses on the reading controversy as it appears in three polarized debates in a Swedish teachers' magazine, Lärartidningen/Svensk Skoltidning, 1977-78, 1981 and 1986.The backgrounds to the controversy in the U. LÄS MER
10. Dyslexics' phonological processing in relation to speech perception
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to investigate phonological processing skills in dyslexic children and adults and their relation to speech perception. Dyslexia can be studied at various levels: at a biological, cognitive and an environmental level. This thesis mainly looks at environmental and cognitive factors. LÄS MER