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    Dyslexia, authorial identity, and approaches to learning and writing: a mixed methods study

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    Kinder, Julianne
    Elander, James cc
    Affiliation
    University of Derby
    Issue Date
    2011-12-01
    
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    Background. Dyslexia may lead to difficulties with academic writing as well as reading. The authorial identity approach aims to help students improve their academic writing and avoid unintentional plagiarism, and could help to understand dyslexic students’ approaches to writing. Aims. (1) To compare dyslexic and non-dyslexic students’ authorial identity and approaches to learning and writing; (2) to compare correlations between approaches to writing and approaches to learning among dyslexic and non-dyslexic students; (3) to explore dyslexic students’ understandings of authorship and beliefs about dyslexia, writing and plagiarism. Sample. Dyslexic (n = 31) and non-dyslexic (n = 31) university students. Method. Questionnaire measures of self-rated confidence in writing, understanding of authorship, knowledge to avoid plagiarism, and top-down, bottom-up and pragmatic approaches to writing (Student Authorship Questionnaire; SAQ), and deep, surface and strategic approaches to learning (Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students; ASSIST), plus qualitative interviews with dyslexic students with high and low SAQscores. Results. Dyslexic students scored lower for confidence in writing, understanding authorship, and strategic approaches to learning, and higher for surface approaches to learning. Correlations among SAQ and ASSIST scores were larger and more frequently significant among non-dyslexic students. Self-rated knowledge to avoid plagiarism was associated with a top-down approach to writing among dyslexic students and with a bottom-up approach to writing among non-dyslexic students. All the dyslexic students interviewed described how dyslexia made writing more difficult and reduced their confidence in academic writing, but they had varying views about whether dyslexia increased the risk of plagiarism. Conclusions. Dyslexic students have less strong authorial identities, and less congruent approaches to learning and writing. Knowledge to avoid plagiarism may be more salient for dyslexic students, who may benefit from specific interventions to increase confidence in writing and understanding of authorship. Further research could investigate how dyslexic students develop approaches to academic writing, and how that could be affected by perceived knowledge to avoid plagiarism.
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    Dyslexia, authorial identity, and approaches to learning and writing: A mixed methods study 2011:no British Journal of Educational Psychology
    Journal
    British Journal of Educational Psychology
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/192729
    DOI
    10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02026.x
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    http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02026.x
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    Article
    Language
    nl
    Description
    A mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) study of authorial identitiy and acedemic writing among dyslexic and non-dyslexic students.
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    00070998
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02026.x
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