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Effect Of Developmental Spelling Level On Spelling Achievement, Karen Finn Edwin Jul 1991

Effect Of Developmental Spelling Level On Spelling Achievement, Karen Finn Edwin

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Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to compare the developmental levels of spelling in first and second graders with measured performance in the classroom over a period of ten weeks.

It was the hypotheses of t his study that children in first and second grade who were functioning at pre-Phonetic stages of spelling abiIity would have difficulty passing weekly classroom spelling tests . A second hypothesis was that students who were developmentally at higher levels would be able to achieve better on weekly spelIing tests.

Procedures

In this study the spelling achievement of thirty-six first graders …