ArticleJournal of research in reading2019
What Methods of Scoring Young Children's Spelling Best Predict Later Spelling Performance?
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- Analysis of spelling errors from the 'dyslexic sight words' list.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- What spelling errors can tell us about the development of processes involved in children's spelling.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Predicting Later Spelling from Kindergarten Spelling in U.S., Australian, and Swedish Children.Scientific studies of reading : the official journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading · 2023Article
- The Contribution of Word-, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Editorial: Spelling Across Orthographies.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Derivational Morphology Bridges Phonology and Orthography: Insights Into the Development of Word-Specific Spellings by Superior, Average, and Poor Spellers.Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2020Article
- Spelling Performance of Portuguese Children: Comparison Between Grade Level, Misspelling Type, and Assessment Task.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Non-phonological Strategies in Spelling Development.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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backgroundChildren's spellings are often scored as correct or incorrect, but other measures may be better predictors of later spelling performance.
methodWe examined seven measures of spelling in Reception Year and Year 1 (5-6 years old) as predictors of performance on a standardized spelling test in Year 2 (age 7).
resultsCorrectness was the best predictor of later spelling by the middle of Year 1, and it significantly outperformed a binary measure of phonological plausibility at the end of Reception Year. Nonbinary measures based on Levenshtein distance were significant predictors of later spelling in the middle of Reception Year and in children who produced no correct spellings. Some widely used scales performed less well with children who did not yet produce any correct spellings.
conclusionsNonbinary measures of spelling performance can predict later spelling performance, but for a more restricted period than anticipated based on many theories.
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