Academic Achievement of University Students with Dyslexia
Broadened recruitment to higher education is on the agenda in many countries, and it is also widely recognized that the number of dyslexic students entering higher education is increasing. In Sweden, as in many other European countries, higher education institutions are required to accommodate stude...
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crwiley:10.1002/dys.1517 2024-09-30T14:40:18+00:00 Academic Achievement of University Students with Dyslexia Olofsson, Åke Taube, Karin Ahl, Astrid Vetenskapsrådet 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dys.1517 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fdys.1517 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/dys.1517 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Dyslexia volume 21, issue 4, page 338-349 ISSN 1076-9242 1099-0909 journal-article 2015 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1517 2024-09-11T04:10:29Z Broadened recruitment to higher education is on the agenda in many countries, and it is also widely recognized that the number of dyslexic students entering higher education is increasing. In Sweden, as in many other European countries, higher education institutions are required to accommodate students with dyslexia. The present study focuses on the study outcome for 50 students with diagnosed dyslexia, mainly in teacher education and nurses' training, at three universities in Northern Sweden. The students trusted their own ability to find information on the Internet but mistrusted their own abilities in reading course books and articles in English and in taking notes. The mean rate of study was 23.5 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits per semester, which is slightly below the national baseline of 26.7. The results show that more than half of the students are examined at a normal rate of study but that about one fifth have a very low rate of study. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Messages Most students with dyslexia can compensate for their reading problems. Taking notes during lessons and reading in foreign language may be especially difficult for students with dyslexia. Diagnoses should distinguish between reading comprehension and word decoding. More than half of the students with dyslexia can achieve at a normal rate of study. One‐fifth of the students with dyslexia may need a longer period of study than other students. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library Dyslexia 21 4 338 349 |
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Broadened recruitment to higher education is on the agenda in many countries, and it is also widely recognized that the number of dyslexic students entering higher education is increasing. In Sweden, as in many other European countries, higher education institutions are required to accommodate students with dyslexia. The present study focuses on the study outcome for 50 students with diagnosed dyslexia, mainly in teacher education and nurses' training, at three universities in Northern Sweden. The students trusted their own ability to find information on the Internet but mistrusted their own abilities in reading course books and articles in English and in taking notes. The mean rate of study was 23.5 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits per semester, which is slightly below the national baseline of 26.7. The results show that more than half of the students are examined at a normal rate of study but that about one fifth have a very low rate of study. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Messages Most students with dyslexia can compensate for their reading problems. Taking notes during lessons and reading in foreign language may be especially difficult for students with dyslexia. Diagnoses should distinguish between reading comprehension and word decoding. More than half of the students with dyslexia can achieve at a normal rate of study. One‐fifth of the students with dyslexia may need a longer period of study than other students. |
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