Imitating Children's Errors to Improve Their Spelling Performance.

Kauffman, James M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ186802

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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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