Adolescent Dyslexic Technical Vocational Pupils: An Advice for Classroom English Language Teaching and a Basic Neurocognitve Understanding of Dyslexia
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigated dyslexic adolescent students in a particular niche namely that of Dutch technical vocational education. Findings from both the literature review and the results from a series of tests confirm that dyslexic students have impaired word learning skills, most likely resulting from a phonological impairment, anchoring deficit and an impaired declarative memory. Contrary, picture recognition was not to be impaired. Surprisingly, the executive functions of Working Memory and set shifting skills yielded different results than in previous studies, which creates opportunities for further research. Findings of this study indicate that didactical forms and lesson presentations may differ for Vocational Technical Education which caters for a relatively high percentage of Dyslexic students.
Author: S.G.C.S. de Bruin
Institution: Utrecht University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W49012636