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  2. Orthographies and dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Writing and drawing performed by a child with dyslexia, displaying common behavioral symptoms. For languages with relatively deep orthographies, such as English and French, readers have greater difficulty learning to decode new words than languages with shallow orthographies. As a result, children's reading achievement levels are lower. [15]

  3. Dysgraphia - Wikipedia

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    The DSM is unclear in whether writing refers only to the motor skills involved in writing, or if it also includes orthographic skills and spelling. [ 4 ] Dysgraphia should be distinguished from agraphia (sometimes called acquired dysgraphia) , which is an acquired loss of the ability to write resulting from brain injury , progressive illness ...

  4. Dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Dyslexia, previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Different people are affected to different degrees. [ 3 ] Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words , "sounding out" words in the head , pronouncing words when reading aloud and ...

  5. Learning disability - Wikipedia

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    In the United States and Canada, the terms learning disability and learning disorder (LD) refer to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills including the ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason, organize information, and do math. People with learning disabilities generally have average or ...

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons). Normally use nouns or noun phrases: Early life, not In early life. [f]

  7. Learning - Wikipedia

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    Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. [1] The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learning in certain plants. [2]

  8. Assessment of basic language and learning skills - Wikipedia

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    Writing Coloring, drawing, copying, and writing skills. T Spelling U Dressing Ability to dress or undress self independently. V Eating Basic self-help skills regarding eating and preparing of food. W Grooming Basic self-help skills regarding grooming and hygiene. X Toileting Basic self-help skills regarding toileting. Y Gross Motor Skills

  9. Outline of dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Dyslexia, previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one ...