CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING DISABILITIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or false, 30-50% of students placed in Special Education are dyslexic.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -[29] In primary school children in India, the prevalence of dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia has been reported to be 11.2%, 12.5%, and 10.5%, respectively. [6] In a study conducted on 1, 476 children, the prevalence of mathematics disorder was 3.6% and that of reading disorder was 2.2%.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called a reading disability, dyslexia is a result of individual differences in areas of the brain that process language.

Detailed explanation-3: -An estimated 80% of those with learning disorders have an impairment in reading in particular (commonly referred to as dyslexia).

Detailed explanation-4: -A learning disability is a neurologic disorder that causes difficulties in learning that cannot be attributed to poor intelligence, poor motivation, or inadequate teaching. Dyslexia is perhaps the most common form of learning disability.

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