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Recent Research on Brain Development and Reading Skills

Full text of the following articles is available through the  Michigan eLibrary (MeL) databases indicated.

 

Bower B. "Learning to Read Evokes Hemispheric Trade-off." Science News 163:21 (May 24, 2003), p. 324-5. (MeL FirstSearch - WilsonSelectPlus)

 

Goswami, Usha. "Phonology, Reading Development, and Dyslexia: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 141-63. (MeL FirstSearch - WilsonSelectPlus)

 

Klass, P.E; Needleman, R.; and B. Zuckerman.  "The Developing Brain and Early Learning: The United States' Reach Out and Read Model."  Archives of Disease in Childhood 88:8 (Aug 2003), p. 651ff.  (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

 

Molfese, Victoria J. "Environmental and Social Influences on Reading Skills as Indexed by Brain and Behavioral Responses." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 121-37. (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

 

Molfese, Dennis L. "Reading and Cognitive Abilities: Longitudinal Studies of Brain and Behavior Changes in Young Children." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 99-119. (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

 

Molfese, Victoria J., Molfese, Dennis L. and Arlene A. Modgline. "Newborn and Preschool Predictors of Second-Grade Reading Scores: An Evaluation of Categorical and Continuous Scores." (Statistical data included.) Journal of Learning Disabilities 34:6 (Nov-Dec 2001), p 545 ff. (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

 

Ortiz, Robert W. "Pivotal Parents: Emergent Themes and Implications on Father Involvement in Children's Early Literacy Experiences." Reading Improvement 38:3 (Fall 2001), p. 132 ff. (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

 

Seita, Lori Perkins. "New Advances in Brain Research." Reclaiming Children and Youth 10:4 (Winter 2002), p. 236-9. (MeL InfoTrac - Academic ASP)

Van Kleeck, Anne, et al. "Verbally Modeling Thinking for Infants: Middle-Class Mothers' Presentation of Information Structures During Book Sharing." Journal of Research in Childhood Education v. 10 (Spring/Summer 1996), p. 101-13. (MeL FirstSearch - WilsonSelectPlus)


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