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The Teaching of Spelling: A Pilot Study

Manolakes, George – Elementary English, 1975

Spelling research indicates that many children already know how to spell a large number of the spelling words for their grade level and thus may be receiving unnecessary instruction. (JH)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Language Patterns

Comparative Analysis of Selected High Frequency Words Found in Commercial Spelling Series and Misspelled in Students' Writing to a Standard Measure of Word Frequency.

Hagerty, Patricia Jo – 1981

A major purpose of this study was to determine whether a selected number of current, commercially prepared spelling series used high frequency words for their word lists. A second purpose was to determine whether students misspelled high frequency words in their writing. Eleven commercially prepared spelling series were selected according to the…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Spelling Instruction