Research on Reading and Math Skills

question 282

Multiple Choice

Research on reading and math skills

• A)has only been conducted in the United States and Canada.
• B)has shown that girls are more likely to be diagnosed with dyslexia than are boys.
• C)has shown that the whole-language approach is more effective than the phonics approach for children who are first learning to read.
• D)has found that even some nonhuman animals have a primitive awareness of numeracy.

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