CALT Exam Study Set with
Researchers(100% Accurate)
Dr. Samuel T. Orton - ANSWERSa neuropathologist
coined the term "strephosymbolia" which replaced congenital word blindness
treatment must be highly structured education
Anna Gillingham - ANSWERSEducational psychologist
A diagnostician who worked with Dr. Orton.
Together they developed procedures for remediation or reading, spelling, and writing.
Mary Ann Wolf - ANSWERSDouble-deficit hypothesis-deficiency in both phoneme
awareness and naming speed
Arthur Benton - ANSWERSHe believed that written language is a "cultural product and
not a biological characteristic."
Dr. Sally and Bennett Shawitz - ANSWERSUsed MRI to identify the parts of the brain
used in reading (by blood flow)
Kenneth Goodman - ANSWERS*Introduced whole language in U.S. schools
*author of "What's Whole About Whole Language"
*He was not a GOODman because whole language was not good for our schools.
Paula Tallal - ANSWERSDeveloped a program to increase processing speed called
Fast forWord
Plasticity of the brain
Louisa Moats - ANSWERSSite director of NICHD Early Interventions Project in
Washington, D.C.
Notable Writings: LETRS, Teaching IS Rocket Science
Brought phonics to CA
Aylett Cox - ANSWERSDeveloped Alphabetic Phonics curriculum with Dr. Lucius
Waites and staff of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Reid Lyon - ANSWERSNeuropsychologist in charge of NIH research
Confirmed importance of phonological awareness
Dr. Macdonald Critchley - ANSWERSNational Federation of Neurology
Established the term "developmental dyslexia"
, Dr. Barbara Bateman - ANSWERSStudy that discovered a person without learning
difficulties requires 5-15 repetitions for retention; those with learning difficulties may
require 500-1500.
LOTS OF REPITION
University of Oregon
Dr. Norman Geschwind - ANSWERSLinked male left-handness and autoimmune
disease to dyslexia
Adolph Kussmaul - ANSWERSCoined word "word blindness" to an isolated condition
affecting the ability to recognize and read text
Bruce Pennington - ANSWERSTwin study in Boulder, Colorado and found that dyslexia
is both familial and heritable. Linked dyslexia to 6th and 15th chromosome
James Hinshelwood - ANSWERS"Congenital word blindness"
Ophthalmologist from Scotland
Thought left hemisphere was affected in reading difficulties
Dr. Albert Galaburda - ANSWERSNeuroanatomical anomalies in brains with
developmental dyslexia
Confirmed dyslexia is an organic disorder
Confirmed in dyslexic brain that both sides of brain are equal
Abnormal migration of neural cells
Isabella Liberman - ANSWERSStudying phonological processing deficits affecting the
ability to make use of letter-sound associations as an effect of rapid retrieval problems
Marilyn Jager Adams - ANSWERSKnown for work in phonological awareness
author of many children's books
Dr. Johann Schmidtt - ANSWERSEarliest recorded case of word blindness describing a
65 yr. old man who lost ability to read following a stroke - a condition termed acquired
alexia
Rudolph Berlin - ANSWERSGerman physician
First person to use word "dyslexia" to describe loss of ability to read due to brain injury
Dr. W. Pringle Morgan - ANSWERSEngland
Captured the basic elements underlying what we refer to today as developmental
dyslexia
Wrote about congenital word blindness to describe school children unable to learn to
read but were otherwise bright and of average intelligence
Bessie Stillman - ANSWERSColleague of Gillingham who worked with Orton to develop
teaching approach. They together wrote the Gillingham manuals.
Researchers(100% Accurate)
Dr. Samuel T. Orton - ANSWERSa neuropathologist
coined the term "strephosymbolia" which replaced congenital word blindness
treatment must be highly structured education
Anna Gillingham - ANSWERSEducational psychologist
A diagnostician who worked with Dr. Orton.
Together they developed procedures for remediation or reading, spelling, and writing.
Mary Ann Wolf - ANSWERSDouble-deficit hypothesis-deficiency in both phoneme
awareness and naming speed
Arthur Benton - ANSWERSHe believed that written language is a "cultural product and
not a biological characteristic."
Dr. Sally and Bennett Shawitz - ANSWERSUsed MRI to identify the parts of the brain
used in reading (by blood flow)
Kenneth Goodman - ANSWERS*Introduced whole language in U.S. schools
*author of "What's Whole About Whole Language"
*He was not a GOODman because whole language was not good for our schools.
Paula Tallal - ANSWERSDeveloped a program to increase processing speed called
Fast forWord
Plasticity of the brain
Louisa Moats - ANSWERSSite director of NICHD Early Interventions Project in
Washington, D.C.
Notable Writings: LETRS, Teaching IS Rocket Science
Brought phonics to CA
Aylett Cox - ANSWERSDeveloped Alphabetic Phonics curriculum with Dr. Lucius
Waites and staff of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Reid Lyon - ANSWERSNeuropsychologist in charge of NIH research
Confirmed importance of phonological awareness
Dr. Macdonald Critchley - ANSWERSNational Federation of Neurology
Established the term "developmental dyslexia"
, Dr. Barbara Bateman - ANSWERSStudy that discovered a person without learning
difficulties requires 5-15 repetitions for retention; those with learning difficulties may
require 500-1500.
LOTS OF REPITION
University of Oregon
Dr. Norman Geschwind - ANSWERSLinked male left-handness and autoimmune
disease to dyslexia
Adolph Kussmaul - ANSWERSCoined word "word blindness" to an isolated condition
affecting the ability to recognize and read text
Bruce Pennington - ANSWERSTwin study in Boulder, Colorado and found that dyslexia
is both familial and heritable. Linked dyslexia to 6th and 15th chromosome
James Hinshelwood - ANSWERS"Congenital word blindness"
Ophthalmologist from Scotland
Thought left hemisphere was affected in reading difficulties
Dr. Albert Galaburda - ANSWERSNeuroanatomical anomalies in brains with
developmental dyslexia
Confirmed dyslexia is an organic disorder
Confirmed in dyslexic brain that both sides of brain are equal
Abnormal migration of neural cells
Isabella Liberman - ANSWERSStudying phonological processing deficits affecting the
ability to make use of letter-sound associations as an effect of rapid retrieval problems
Marilyn Jager Adams - ANSWERSKnown for work in phonological awareness
author of many children's books
Dr. Johann Schmidtt - ANSWERSEarliest recorded case of word blindness describing a
65 yr. old man who lost ability to read following a stroke - a condition termed acquired
alexia
Rudolph Berlin - ANSWERSGerman physician
First person to use word "dyslexia" to describe loss of ability to read due to brain injury
Dr. W. Pringle Morgan - ANSWERSEngland
Captured the basic elements underlying what we refer to today as developmental
dyslexia
Wrote about congenital word blindness to describe school children unable to learn to
read but were otherwise bright and of average intelligence
Bessie Stillman - ANSWERSColleague of Gillingham who worked with Orton to develop
teaching approach. They together wrote the Gillingham manuals.
