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Publication Date: 2015
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Assessment of Lexical and Non-Lexical Spelling in Students in Grades 1-7
Kohnen, Saskia; Colenbrander, Danielle; Krajenbrink, Trudy; Nickels, Lyndsey
Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, v20 n1 p15-38 2015
The main aim of this study was to develop standardised tests that assess some of the most important spelling skills for children in primary school: sound-letter mappings (non-lexical spelling) and word spelling accuracy (lexical spelling). We present normative comparison data for children in Grades 1-7 as well as measures of validity and reliability for both tests. Another aim of this study was to assess the relative prevalence of spelling difficulties that only affect one skill selectively (only lexical or only non-lexical spelling) or both. We found that throughout Grades 1-7, children were as likely to have selective as they were to have mixed difficulties. This underscores the importance of measuring lexical and non-lexical skills separately. The tests presented in this paper provide teachers and clinicians with the necessary tools to do exactly that.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Spelling, Primary Education, Lexicology, Diagnostic Tests, Phonemes, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Program Divisions, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Gender Differences, Difficulty Level, Orthographic Symbols, Accuracy, Error Analysis (Language), Word Recognition, English
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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