People Flashcards
Who are Bennett and Sally Shaywitz?
conducted the Connecticut Longitudinal study on dyslexia
they looked at good and poor readers, the prevalence of dyslexia
was dyslexia a developmental lag or persistent over time
1983
Who is Anna Gillingham?
psychologist and educator in NY worked with Orton developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills trained 50 teachers with Sally Childs 1930-1960
Who is Adolf Kussmaul?
he coined the phrase ‘word blindness’ in 1877
Who is Reid G. Lyon?
Chief of the
Learning Disabilities Unit
at the National Institutes of Health
Chall’s Stage Zero
pre-reading (0-6 years)
What is Chall’s Stage 2?
Confirmation (7-9 years)
Chall’s Stage 3
Reading to learn (9-14 yrs)
Who is Norman Geschwind?
He theorized that dyslexia resulted from damage during fetal development
1950s
Who is known for the latest research in coding?
Reid Lyon
Who is Regina Cici?
Director of Language and Learning Disorders Clinic
University of Maryland Medical system
author of many books and articles: “What’s Wrong with Me? Learning Disabilities at Home and at School”.
Who is Dr. James Hinshelwood?
ophthalmologist at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary
gave detailed description of acquired ‘word blindness’ from stroke victim
encouraged schools to screen for word blindness and provide appropriate teaching techniques
1895/1904
Who is Miriam Balmuth?
“The Roots of Phonics”
an important historical introduction to phonics with a foreword by Jeanne Chall
Who is Barbara Foorman?
Professor
Department of educational psychology
University of Houston
does extensive research in field of reading and phonology
Who is Margaret Rawson?
pioneer in the field of dyslexia
one of her many contributions is “The Many Faces of Dyslexia”
Who are Bradley and Bryant?
Importance of phonological awareness
2 components of reading: decoding and Comprehension
weakness in phonological awareness interferes with decoding
1990s
Who is Jeanne S. Chall?
Harvard professor Emeritus Wrote "Learning to Read" 1996 ODS ST Orton Award wrote many books on reading development and instructional methods 1983
What is Stanovich’s Matthew Effect?
“Failure to learn to decode words bc of poor phonological processing causes subsequent deficits in reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and even IQ”
Who is Joseph Torgesen?
Principal Investigator in reading research
NICH professor of psychology
Florida state university
Who was Rudolph Berlin?
He coined the term ‘dyslexia’ to describe word blindness in 1887
Who was Dr. Pringle Morgan?
first description of congenital word blindness in 1896
Who was Grace Fernald?
developed VAKT in 1920s
Who was Samuel T. Orton?
coined the term ‘strephosymbolia/ twisted symbols’, cerebral dominance theory, adapted VAKT from Fernald, 1925
Who was Aylette Cox?
worked with Sally Childs; wrote Alphabetic Phonics Curriculum at Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas; 1960s
Who is Bessie Stilman?
Kinesthetic activities to establish right-to-left and visual auditory association with grapheme/phoneme 1960
