How Does Dyslexia Influence Academic Achievement?
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_104How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Dyslexia; learning disability; academic achievement; education
- Abstract
Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by problems with reading, with symptoms including accurate and fluent word recognition, poor spelling, and reading comprehension, despite adequate intelligence level and appropriate education opportunities. While the primary effects of dyslexia are mostly associated with students’ difficulty with reading, there are also secondary effects of dyslexia, such as low academic performance, low self-esteem, anxiety disorders, and so on. This paper conducted a literature review on the causes, impacts, and possible interventions of dyslexia, aiming to explore the impact on students’ academic achievement brought by dyslexia. The result showed that children with dyslexia typically display a low achievement in academics and have a higher school drop-out rate. The impairment of self-esteem also leads to a decrease in confidence, further resulting in failures in academic achievements. This paper offered insights for possible and effective interventions to cope with dyslexia and help students with dyslexia in academics.
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TY - CONF AU - Qianyu Zhou PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/16 TI - How Does Dyslexia Influence Academic Achievement? BT - Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 861 EP - 868 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_104 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_104 ID - Zhou2022 ER -