The Isle of Wight Studies: The Scope and Scale of Reading Difficulties
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| Title: | The Isle of Wight Studies: The Scope and Scale of Reading Difficulties |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Maughan, Barbara, Rutter, Michael, Yule, William |
| Source: | Oxford Review of Education. 2020 46(4):429-438. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Dyslexia, Individual Development, Reading Skills, Student Characteristics, Reading Comprehension, Longitudinal Studies |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03054985.2020.1770064 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4985 |
| Abstract: | Beginning in the 1960s, the Isle of Wight studies were among the first to investigate developmental reading problems in representative, population-based samples, using the tools of epidemiology. In this paper, we provide an overview of the contribution of the Isle of Wight studies to research on reading disabilities. We begin with an account of the surveys of primary school children, then move on to describe the programme of epidemiological and longitudinal research that flowed from them. The early studies provided some of the first systematic evidence on the extent and correlates of severe developmental reading problems, and their overlaps with other childhood difficulties. Subsequent studies documented the persistence of early reading problems into adolescence; provided comparative data on rates of reading problems in an inner city area; and most recently explored the long-term persistence of literacy problems up to mid-life. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1265162 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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