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