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by Fernette Eide | | Brain, Premium, Premium Content, Research
Recently there has been a flurry of papers in the popular press based on a research study that undertook a whole-brain analysis of connectivity in the brains of dyslexic children and adults and non-dyslexic subjects as a control. Whole-brain studies are of course... ![Teaching Common Core Academic Vocabulary to Students with Dyslexia [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2019-10-22-at-11.57.47-AM.png)
by Fernette Eide | | Premium, Premium Content, Teachers
Academic Vocabulary are words that usually appear in higher educational settings or advanced texts rather than everyday conversational speech. Before the Common Core, most language arts programs had little emphasis on explicit teaching of academic words, but direct... ![Beautiful Minds – What New Research Shows Dyslexia and Artists Have in Common [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shutterstock_255430702.jpg)
by Fernette Eide | | Art, Brain, creativity, Dyslexic Advantages, Premium, Premium Content, Research
BBC Science: “…artists had increased neural matter in areas relating to fine motor movements and visual imagery. The research, published in NeuroImage, suggests that an artist’s talent could be innate…these detailed scans revealed that the artist group had... ![Unleash Dyslexic Writing with Dr. Nicole Swedberg [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-16-at-2.38.51-PM.jpg)
by Fernette Eide | | Dysgraphia, Dyslexic Advantages, Premium, Premium Content, Video, Writing
In step-by-step fashion, learn how to unleash the dyslexic writing talent of students through Dr. Nicole Swedberg’s idea of Mini-Writes. In her talk, Dr. Swedberg talks about short writing assignments can help students master small achievable goals. She describes how... ![Executive Function: What Smart People Do Differently While Learning [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/woman-thinking-our-shutterstock.jpg)
by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Education, Learning, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Social and Emotional, Teachers, Testing
When researchers compared high IQ and average test subjects in a learning paradigm, the results were surprising. In some areas high IQ individuals work less, as might be expected by the idea that higher IQ people have more efficient brains for learning tasks, but in... by Fernette Eide | | Assessment, Being Dyslexic, Education, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Reading, Stealth Dyslexia, Writing
With all of the advances in our understanding of early intervention, dyslexia in older students and young adults often gets short shrift. The paper by Dr. Kathleen Niesen and colleagues has some interesting findings that have important points for identification,...
