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Memories of school: Adult dyslexics recall their school days
Author(s) -
HUGHES WENDY,
DAWSON RON
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1995.tb00037.x
Subject(s) - distressing , recall , psychology , dyslexia , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , reading (process) , cognitive psychology , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy
The recollections of schooling by forty‐seven adults attending the Winchester Dyslexic Institute were investigated through the use of a questionnaire. The results revealed that many of these adults remember their schooling as a series of unhappy and distressing experiences. Their recollections can be interpreted as revealing a typical cyclical pattern of failure at school which continues to have long‐lasting and deeply negative consequences that should be of interest and concern to all teachers.