Abstract

PERES, Sara  and  MOUSINHO, Renata. Evaluation of adults with reading difficulties. Rev. psicopedag. [online]. 2017, vol.34, n.103, pp.20-32. ISSN 0103-8486.

Considering the necessity of instruments to evaluate adults with reading difficulties, the aim of this paper is to compare the performance of individuals with and without reading disabilities complaints, by instruments that evaluate the phonological, reading and writing skills. Through this analysis, the objective is to verify which of these instruments were more sensitive in the comparison between the group with and without reading difficulties. The participants were 10 individuals without reading prejudices and 20 individuals with reading prejudices, aged between 17 and 48 years. Reading, writing and phonological skills were evaluated. The results showed significantly worse performance by the group with difficulties in rapid automatized naming on objects and letters, working memory, phonological awareness, orthography, reading speed and comprehension on cloze procedure. As seen in the literature, tests that differentiate individuals with and without reading difficulties are tests to measure reading skills, writing, phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming and working memory.

Keywords : Dyslexia; Reading; Learning; Comprehension; Adult.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )