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Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association
Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association
WKU Archives Records
Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:
- Dero Downing Steps Down
- Douglas, Michele. Top Banana – Gary Riggs
- Egan, Sherry. WKU State Climatic Center
- Gibson, Debbie. I Kind of Believe It’s a Gift – Burt Feintuch, Folk Music
- New on the Gridiron
- Adams, Bob. Digital Voltmeter – Engineering Technology
- Schock, Jack. The Projectile Point – Archaeology
- Armstrong, Bryan. Confessions of a Journalism Intern
- Highland, Jim. Terry Climer
- Beauchamp, Donnie. Commonplace Things – Photography
- Miller, Richard. The Exceptional Student – Psychology, Biology
- Harry Snyder Speaks at Commencement
- Douglas, Michele. Students Take Advantage of Study Trips Abroad
- Western …
An Analysis Of Staggered Spondaic Word Test Performances Of Dyslexic Children And Their Parents, Nancy Jane Maxwell
An Analysis Of Staggered Spondaic Word Test Performances Of Dyslexic Children And Their Parents, Nancy Jane Maxwell
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of a familial lineage for dyslexia by analyzing certain auditory processing characteristics of dyslexic children and their parents. The Staggered Spondaic Word test was administered to twenty-one dyslexic children, eight to thirteen years of age, their natural parents and normal reading siblings.
The experimental test data were tabulated and analyzed according to listening condition for each of the four groups: dyslexic children, normal reading siblings, affected parents and non-affected parents. A statistical analysis of the experimental data revealed significantly poorer Staggered Spondaic Word test performances for dyslexic children and their …