Explaining the Differences Between the Dyslexic and the Garden-Variety Poor Reader: The Phonological-Core Variable-Difference Model

A coherent conception of dyslexia has been difficult to arrive at because research findings have continually created logical paradoxes for the psychometric definition of reading disability. This paper develops the phonological-core variable-difference model. This model of the cognitive characteristi...

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Published in:Journal of learning disabilities 1988-12, Vol.21 (10), p.590-604
Main Author: Stanovich, Keith E.
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Learning Disorders - psychology
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