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Daffern, Tessa; Mackenzie, Noella Maree – Literacy, 2020
Spelling is a key transcription skill for writing. While little is understood about the particular challenges some students experience when learning to spell, explicit instruction is known to improve spelling performance. The study reported in this article draws on eight case studies from a larger Australian mixed-methods study examining spelling…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Error Patterns
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Re, Anna Maria; Cornoldi, Cesare – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Spelling errors are usually studied in dictations, but teachers report that children with school difficulties often make spelling mistakes when they copy a text too. The present study examines the performance on a text copying task and a text dictation task of two groups of children known for their difficulties in spelling, that is, 22 with…
Descriptors: Spelling, Error Patterns, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children
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Mohanty, Atasi; Das, Swati Preeti – SAGE Open, 2015
The objective of the study was to examine the performance characteristics and differences between English and Oriya medium school children on various cognitive processing, reading, academic achievement, and teacher perception measures. The sample consists of 243 schoolchildren, 120 from Grade IV and 123 from Grade VII from three different schools…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Cognitive Processes, Language of Instruction, Academic Achievement
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McCall, Steve; Douglas, Graeme; McLinden, Mike – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2007
Dotted Moon is a useful and important resource to complement the range of options available to those teaching and learning Moon. Observation of a variety of Moon readers (including those at early stages of literacy as well as more advanced readers) showed that all participants were able to decode dotted Moon characters and engage in educational…
Descriptors: Written Language, Blindness, Production Techniques, Foreign Countries