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ERIC Number: EJ245673
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-May
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Three Assumptions about Learning to Spell.
Beers, Carol Strickland; Beers, James Wheelock
Language Arts, v58 n5 p573-80 May 1981
Examines three misconceptions teachers and parents make about children and learning to spell: (1) learning to spell is based primarily on a child's knowledge of phonics, (2) learning to spell is a memorization process, and (3) children should not write if they cannot spell words correctly. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Theories, Memorization, Phonics, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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