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Direct linkFigueredo, Lauren; Varnhagen, Connie K. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2004
Proofreading a text for misspellings involves detecting spelling errors and then correcting those errors. We examined differences in spelling error detection and correction in adults as a function of type of spelling error. We modified student essays to include phonological (e.g., incredibul), orthographic (e.g., decisian), and morphological…
Descriptors: Essays, Familiarity, Spelling, Error Correction
