Artigo Revisado por pares

A Study of Laterality Characteristics of Retarded Readers and Reading Achievers

1950; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 18; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00220973.1950.11010415

ISSN

1940-0683

Autores

Linda C. Smith,

Tópico(s)

Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Resumo

1. Do parents of retarded readers differ from parents of reading achievers in regard to hand preference? 2. Do the developmental histories reveal dif ferences between retarded readers and reading achievers in regard to change of hand prefer ence? 3. To what extent do retarded readers and reading achievers differ in hand preference as evidenced by: a. strength? b. dexterity? 4. To what extent do retarded readers and reading achievers differ in foot preference as evidenced by kicking? 5. To what extent do retarded readers and reading achievers differ in eye preference as evidenced by: a. sighting at distance? b. convergence at near point? c. acuity of vision at far point? d. acuity of vision at near point? 6. To what extent do retarded readers and reading achievers differ in ear preference as evidenced by: a. choice of ear in listening? b. acuity of hearing? 7. To what extent do retarded readers differ from reading achievers in regard to combina tions of hand and eye preference? 8. To what extent do retarded readers differ from reading achievers in the performance of mirror drawing? 9. To what extent do retarded readers and reading achievers differ in reversal tendencies as evidenced by: a. copying lower case letters? b. reading lower case letters? 10. Do the findings from the Van Riper test of Central Dominance (61) differentiate between retarded readers and reading achievers?

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