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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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Mackie, Clare J.; Dockrell, Julie; Lindsay, Geoff – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
In this study, we performed a fine grained analysis of writing by children with a specific language impairment (SLI) and examined the contribution of oral language, phonological short-term memory (STM), nonverbal ability, and word reading to three writing constructs (productivity, complexity and accuracy). Forty-six children with SLI were compared…
Descriptors: Spelling, Language Impairments, Language Skills, Oral Language