Understanding
Reading Anxiety: New Insights from Neuroscience
Published
online: 13 March 2010
_ Springer
Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
A second
grader named Mark reads aloud, the very picture
of
impulsive style. Although he painstakingly sounds out
the
first couple of words, that effort is followed by a rush of
words—even
nonwords—that bear little resemblance to the
print on
the page. Mark appears to realize that comprehension
has been
lost. His freckled face begins to flush with
embarrassment
and his hands begin to tremble.
This
child approaches the task of reading with the same
expectation
of pain and grim determination that is summoned
up
before pulling off a bandage. When Mark’s tutor
asks him
to say something about himself, it is clear he and
his
family have been stunned by his placement in a learning
support
class at his new school. Mark says softly, ‘‘I know I
was smart in kindergarten
and I think I
was still smart in….
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