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The Effects Of Morpheme And Prosody Instruction On Middle School Spelling, Margaret Anne Dornay
The Effects Of Morpheme And Prosody Instruction On Middle School Spelling, Margaret Anne Dornay
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A single case design was used to investigate the impact of two types of instruction on middle school students’ spelling. Phase 1 emphasized morphology awareness instruction (MAI) and phase 2 employed the addition of prosody awareness instruction (PAI). In order to compare the effects of MAI and PAI, spelling scores were gathered from eight students over a 12-week period. The children attended two 30-minute sessions each week. Two of the participants were high performing students, three were typical learners, and three students were experiencing pronounced difficulties in all areas of literacy. The scores of seven out of eight participants indicated …