Retention and Transfer from a Morphemically Based Direct Instruction Spelling Program in Junior High.

Hesse, Karl D.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1983

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Retention and Transfer from a Morphemically Based Direct Instruction Spelling Program in Junior High.

Hesse, Karl D.; And Others

Journal of Educational Research, v76 n5 p276-79 May-Jun 1983

A study of 140 seventh-grade students receiving morphographic spelling instruction indicated that morphographic techniques produced significant gains on program-fair and retention posttests. Morphographic instruction had a small, but significant, effect on conventional spelling. (Authors/CJ)

Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Morphemes, Retention (Psychology), Spelling Instruction, Transfer of Training

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Language: English

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