Definitions

Skills used to make sense of printed words. This means being able to recognize and analyze a printed word to connect it to the spoken word it represents. These skills include the ability to recognize the basic sounds and sound blends ([|phonemes]) that make up a word, know what it means, recognize it in context and know whether or not it is being used correctly in a sentence.
 * Definitions of key terms can be found here. Feel free to add to this page**
 * Decoding**

http://www.interdys.org/FAQ.htm http://dana.org/news/features/detail.aspx?id=31068 "Realism about brain development could counter the social pressures that have driven school systems to teach reading earlier and earlier. “They are doing enormous harm by blithely disregarding neurological readiness to learn these skills,” Denckla says. Correcting their misguided enthusiasm “is a very important thing neuroscience has to do.”
 * Dyslexia**

http://www.autismkey.com/hyperlexia/ http://www.k12academics.com/disorders-disabilities/hyperlexia "Hyperlexia is a condition in which the main characteristics are an above normal ability to read accompanied with a below normal ability to understand spoken language. The symptoms are closely related to those of autism and some consider it to be an autism spectrum disorder whereas others contest it to be a completely different condition."
 * Hyperlexia**

http://www.autism-society.org/about-autism/ http://www.dana.org/news/brainhealth/detail.aspx?id=9778
 * Autism**

"Autism is a disorder in brain development that becomes apparent in earliest childhood. It is defined by problems in three areas:
 * severe impairments in how children relate to other people
 * delays or abnormalities in how they communicate
 * restrictive, odd, and repeated (stereotyped) behavior"

http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/dual-coding.html
 * Dual coding theory**
 * symbol imagery -- ability to auditorially perceive and visually image sounds and letters within words. (what letters do you visualize when you hear a sound or a word?)
 * concept imagery -- ability to create a gestalt or a whole. Visualizing, picturing a concept, idea, story, etc.

http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/semali2/index.html
 * Transmediation**

a sensory connection to language
 * Imagery**