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Evaluating Teaching Efficiency in Reading and Spelling Instruction
Reading and spelling are essential skills for a student’s educational success. The current literature on spelling instruction has examined a variety of spelling modalities, but has never directly compared written versus oral spelling. There are theoretical and empirical indications that either …
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Spelling instruction for beginning writers in whole language classrooms
… are faced with the challenge of integrating spelling instruction into their writing programs. Traditional approaches that involve word lists and weekly spelling tests are not in accordance with whole language beliefs.
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Spelling instruction for beginning writers in whole language classrooms
… are faced with the challenge of integrating spelling instruction into their writing programs. Traditional approaches that involve word lists and weekly spelling tests are not in accordance with whole language beliefs.
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The effects of computerized spelling instruction on the elementary classroom
This study investigated the impact computerized spelling has on the elementary classroom in three specific areas: instruction time, student and teacher satisfaction, and student growth in spelling. The expectation was that instruction time would be saved, students and teachers would have a positive …
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A Study of Effects of Direct Spelling Instruction on Spelling Achievement and Skills Acquisition
… was to examine and compare the effect of direct spelling instruction on both spelling achievement and acquisition of skills. To implement this study two groups of subjects were selected. The subjects were all participating in the summer reading practicum at Southwest Missouri State University. …
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The Effects of a Student-Centered Approach to Spelling Instruction that Incorporates the Multiple Intelligences
… the influences of a student-centered approach to spelling instruction that incorporated the multiple intelligences. A goal of this study was to identify spelling strategies that students could choose to use independently while participating in everyday writing activities. Five third grade students …
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A Comparison of Contract-Spelling with the Regular Textbook Method for Spelling Instruction at Frontier Junior High School Moses Lake, Washington
… method with the regular textbook method of spelling instruction. This experiment is concerned with the spelling achievement of students and for motivation and mastery in spelling at the junior high school level.
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The effects of cooperative learning on the spelling achievement of intermediate elementary students
This study compared differences in spelling achievement among groups of students who were high, average, and low achievers. The study attempted to determine, over 7 weeks, any treatment effects resulting from students being cooperatively grouped for spelling instruction. A student's level of …
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Instructional Approaches to Conventional Spelling in Holistic Classrooms : A Descriptive Study
<p>Problem. Spelling instruction in American schools has adhered to the same traditional format for more than 40 years. However, the whole-language philosophy advocates the delivery of spelling instruction through meaningful interactions with receptive and projective print. Since the whole-language …
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Spelling attitudes and abilities of secondary students
… (<em>n</em> = 211) about the importance of spelling, which strategies they use to solve spelling problems, and the adequacy of spelling instruction at the high school level; b) assess the same group of seniors according to Ganske's developmental levels of spelling; and c) gauge the attitudes …
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A Comparative Study of a Linguistic and a Traditional Approach to Spelling
… study to compare a modern linguistics method in spelling instruction to a previously used traditional method to answer the question: Is the linguistic method more effective than the traditional method in teaching spelling?
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The effect of cooperative learning and traditional instruction on the spelling performance of third grade students
… effect of cooperative learning and traditional instruction on the spelling test performance of twenty-six third grade students from a southern New Jersey school district. It was hypothesized that students who were taught using cooperative learning strategies during spelling instruction would …
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Teachers of students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing: Change in reading instruction through collaborative professional development
… external to the student, such as the reading and spelling instruction the child receives once he or she enters school, are thought to be contributors to low-reading proficiency (Limbrick, McNaughton, & Clay, 1992; Lytle & Rovins, 1997; Paul, 1998). Because of constraints in teacher preparation …
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Explicit versus implicit spelling strategy instruction and its effects on grade one children's invented spellings
… Grade One children a variety of effective spelling strategies in comparison to tradit~onal spelling instruction. Strategy instruction included training in phonology, imagery and analogy. In addition, the type of instruction pro~ided (implicit versus explicit) was also examined. Children …
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Determining if Creative Activities Relating to and Incorporated in Spelling Lessons Will Bring about Greater Achievement in Spelling than the Traditional Method
… activities relating to and incorporated in spelling lessons would bring about greater achievement in spelling than the traditional method of only stressing skills and principles. Practical application of combining the creative activities and the traditional method of spelling was used in the …
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The effects of an integrated whole language and phonics-based instructional spelling program on student spelling ability and self-concept
… phonics and whole language approach to teaching spelling to regular education and resource students. The sample included thirty-nine fourth grade students, which were split into an experimental and a control group. Students in the experimental group completed a spelling pretest and ten weeks of …
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Investigating the effects of integrated systematic decoding, spelling and communication instruction for students with complex communication needs
… the impact of an integrated decoding, spelling and communication intervention on literacy and communication outcomes for students with complex communication needs (CCN). The current study was done with three students with CCN, all of whom used a particular augmentative communication …
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The Effect of Color-Coding Spelling Words Upon Spelling Achievement
… this study was to determine if a difference in spelling achievement of fifth grade students would exist when they color-coded their spelling words, and further, whether left and right hemisphere dominant students responded differently to color-coding. The data was gathered from six weeks of …
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