Category: Dyslexia Research

Is your child a “nonresponder”?

Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

What happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers have a word for those children: they

How do you read to your child?

Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

[Updated] Reading story books to small children is fun, but did you know that the way you read can make a big difference in preparing your child to become a reader?

How Dyslexia Happens

Posted on September 6, 2019October 11, 2019 by DDAI

An animated video inspired by “How Dyslexia Happens” from the book The Gift of Dyslexia

E-Books? New Study shows dyslexic comprehension better with printed books.

Posted on July 28, 2019November 30, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

Study shows that dyslexic university students have better reading comprehension of longer texts when reading from a printed book rather than an ebook.

Unflipping the Letters

Posted on June 29, 2019July 6, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

It’s natural to confuse b and d — it is the unlearning of “mirror generalization” that’s hard. Here’s what scientists have discovered.

Dysfunctional Science – How a study about dyslexia gets things wrong

Posted on June 28, 2019June 30, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

Updated: Research shows differences in dyslexic brain function that are tied to dyslexic strengths, not a mental dysfunction.

Phonemic Awareness: A different take

Posted on May 26, 2019May 30, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

Updated: Are dyslexic kids better at hearing the discrete sounds of language than others?

Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children read

Posted on April 30, 2019July 2, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

Updated: A study shows that wider spacing between the letters in reading materials can help dyslexic children read faster and better.

Good Fonts for Dyslexia – An Experimental Study

Posted on April 17, 2019July 2, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

Updated: Research does not support claims that use of a specially designed custom font for dyslexia leads to improved reading performance.

Research: Dyslexics have better picture-memory (updated)

Posted on March 29, 2019July 2, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

(Researchers puzzled by results) If you wanted to design a study to test the hypotheses that dyslexics tend to think

Research shows greater improvement from strength-based teaching

Posted on March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

A recently published study from Canada shows that dyslexic students improve with spelling at a significantly higher rate when taught

How VR Can Help Dyslexic Students

Posted on June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 by Jeannie Bentley

VR developers are collaborating with institutions to explore the use of virtual reality as an effective educational tool. They are looking at how it can enhance learning, especially for students facing challenges like dyslexia.