Wanneer een kind tieter zegt in plaats van gieter, is dat dan alleen schattig – of ook een vroeg signaal voor spellingproblemen? In dit onderzoek staat de mogelijke voorspellende waarde van articulatieproblemen centraal bij eentalige leerlingen in het speciaal basisonderwijs (SBO). Via dossieranalyse …

Background: Practicing handwriting is important for learning reading and spelling. The Writing Readiness Inventory Tool In Context (WRITIC) is an occupation-based assessment that enables early identification of kindergarten children at risk for developing handwriting difficulties. For children with non-handwriting …

Orthography is considered to be a major problem in Dutch education, since many pupils don’t seem to be able to master orthographic rules, even after years of education. In educational literature it is argued that the problems related to spelling are caused by approaches that focus more on rules of thumb …

Although poor reading and spelling skills have been associated with weak skills of executive functioning (EF), its role in literacy is not undisputed. Because EF has different theoretical underpinnings, methods of analysis and of assessing EF, it has led to varying and often contrasting results in its …

A heterogeneous sample of 137 school-aged children with learning disabilities (IQ > 80) attending special needs schools was examined on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). The results show that compared to the available norm scores, 52.6% of the children tested performed below the 15th …

In mijn actieonderzoek wordt aangetoond dat oplossingsgerichte methodieken ingezet kunnen worden bij de remedial teaching van spelling en dat de motivatie en het plezier van mijn leerlingen hierdoor is toegenomen. Ik heb een vijfstappenplan ingezet, geïnspireerd op de vijftien stappen van Kids' Skills. …