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by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | College, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, Reading, School, Strategies, Teachers, Teaching
In a recent research study (abstract only) of dyslexic students at college, the following strategies were mentioned: 1. Go to Lecture and Just Listen. It was common for students to be unable to listen and note-take at the same. Face-to-face lectures were preferred to... ![[PREMIUM] TEST-TAKING: DYSLEXIA and MULTIPLE CHOICE](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/shutterstock_1153156547.jpg)
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Accommodations, Being Dyslexic, College, Curriculum, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, Reading, School, Strategies, Teachers, Teaching
At the secondary and university level, many students with dyslexia may prefer short answer questions to multiple choice. There are many reasons why the multiple choice question format may not be a good estimator of a student’s knowledge. It is very common for the... ![[PREMIUM] Don’t Require COPYING From the Board](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-2.15.03-PM.jpg)
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Accessibility, Being Dyslexic, College, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, Research, School, Strategies, Teachers, Teaching
DON’T REQUIRE COPYING FROM THE BOARD Dr. Kirkby: “Copying text…is psychologically complex. It involves a series of sequential visual and cognitive processes, which must be co-ordinated: these include visual encoding, mental representation, an written production.” Long... ![More Research: High Reading Masks Dyslexia in Gifted Children (Stealth Dyslexia) [PREMIUM]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/More-Research-High-Reading-Masks-Dyslexia-in-Gifted-Children.jpg)
by Fernette Eide | | College, Parents, Premium, Premium Content, Research, Stealth Dyslexia
In the Journal of Learning Disabilities, a study in Dutch students confirmed a similar pattern of Stealth Dyslexia in the Netherlands. The paper also discussed the discrepancy that exists between students challenges (perceptual and memory deficits in visual and... ![Dyslexia: The Twenty-Something Years [PREMIUM]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2019-09-01-at-8.40.01-AM.jpg)
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | ADD / ADHD, Attention, Autism, Being Dyslexic, Careers, College, creativity, dyslexia, Dyslexic Advantages, Education, Learning, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Social and Emotional
“These are the years when it will be easiest to start the lives we want. And no matter what we do, the twenties are an inflection point- the great reorganization – a time when the experiences we have disproportionately influence the adult lives we will lead.” – Meg... ![DROPPING OUT BECAUSE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/r1-18.png)
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Accessibility, Accommodations, College, dyslexia, ELLs, Foreign Language, Language Arts, Learning, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies
At Harvard University in the 1970’s, a clinical psychologst made a startling discovery. Intending on studying the emotional problems that caused students at one of the world’s elite universities to drop out of school to drop out, he found out instead that the most... 
