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ERIC Number: EJ186802
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Imitating Children's Errors to Improve Their Spelling Performance
Kauffman, James M.; And Others
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 11, 4, 217-22, Apr 78
Two experiments--one with two educable mentally retarded 8-year-old boys, and the other with a 12-year-old learning disabled boy--each compared the effectiveness of two methods of correcting spelling errors: showing the child a correct model versus imitating his errors and then showing the correct model. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Language: English
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