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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kohnen, Saskia; Nickels, Lyndsey; Coltheart, Max – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2010
A central focus in remedial teaching is the generalisation of responses to contexts in which a student has never been explicitly instructed. Remarkably little is known about how and when generalisation occurs. In this article we examine generalisation effects in the context of spelling. Three areas are discussed: generalisation between spelling…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Spelling Instruction, Reading Instruction, Skills
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Kohnen, Saskia; Nickels, Lyndsey; Castles, Anne – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2009
In this paper, we discuss a variety of spelling tests that are used to assess developmental spelling difficulties. We differentiate between tests that are valuable tools to monitor spelling development and spelling tests that should be used to further assess children who are not making sufficient progress in the mainstream classroom. We recommend…
Descriptors: Spelling, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Special Needs Students