en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research Article <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Background:</span>&nbsp;According to recent estimates, approximately 4% - 12% of Iranians experience difficulty in learning to read and spell, possibly as a result of developmental dyslexia.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Objectives:</span>&nbsp;The study was intended to investigate spelling error patterns among Persian children with developmental dyslexia and compare those patterns with the errors exhibited by control groups.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Patients and Methods:</span>&nbsp;Some 90 students participated in this study. There were 30 fifth grade students who had been diagnosed as dyslexic by professionals, 30 normal fifth grade readers, and 30 younger normal readers. There were 15 boys and 15 girls in each of the groups. Qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis of errors were used.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Results:</span>&nbsp;This study found similar spelling error profiles among the dyslexic students and the reading-level-matched group, and these profiles were different from those of the age-matched group. However, the performances of the dyslexic group and the reading-level-matched group were different and inconsistent in some cases.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Conclusions:</span>&nbsp;However, performances of dyslexic group and reading level matched group were different and inconsistent in some cases.</p> </aside> Spelling, Errors, Developmental Dyslexia, Persian 66 71 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-33&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Ahmadpanah 1003194753284600140 1003194753284600140 No Behavioral Disorder and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Mohammad Haghighi 1003194753284600141 1003194753284600141 No Behavioral Disorder and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Prakash Padakannaya 1003194753284600142 1003194753284600142 No Department of Studies in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India Ali Ghaleiha 1003194753284600143 1003194753284600143 No Behavioral Disorder and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Leila Jahangard 1003194753284600144 1003194753284600144 No Behavioral Disorder and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Marzieh Nazaribadie 1003194753284600145 1003194753284600145 No Behavioral Disorder and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Amineh Akhondi m1_ahmad2000@yahoo.com 1003194753284600146 1003194753284600146 Yes Hamadan Educational Organization, Hamadan, IR Iran