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A Study Of Bill, April Dunham Lane

Honors Theses

This paper is a type of study of a nine year old boy whom I shall call Bill. Bill is from a normal middle class family. He is in the fourth grade. His I.Q. is average. His mental age and chronological age are just about the same. In all respects Bill seems to be a very normal boy. He does have glasses, but as yet he has not worn them to his sessions.

Bill's problem is that he lacks an interest in reading. He was given the Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty test. His median grade for the oral reading …