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Fostering Lifelong Spellers Through Meaningful Experiences.

The authors discuss their classroom teaching experiences with abandoning weekly spelling tests and fostering student participation to improve spelling ability and literacy. It is suggested that traditional weekly spelling tests frustrate and reduce motivation for students having difficulty spelling,...

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Published in:Reading Teacher Vol. 64; no. 8; pp. 599 - 606
Main Authors: Alderman, Gary L., Green, Susan K.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2011
Subjects:
Spelling ability
Student participation
Spelling ability testing
Teaching methods
Academic motivation
Student attitudes
Academic achievement
Intellectual development
Literacy education
Education
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