Filling in Letter-Gaps and Other Spelling-Exercises - Effectiveness and the Determinants ThereofSummary: In widely used spelling exercises students are asked to fill in gaps within words (e.g. wh_t) by choosing the correct letters out of two or more ...
Interdependencies Among Mathematics, Reading and Spelling Skills in Young Elementary School ChildrenSummary: The present study investigated the issue whether deficiencies in mathematics and reading/spelling are isolated phenomena, that is, only rarely co-...
Computer Training to Improve Childrens' Reading and Spelling SkillsSummaryObjectives and Methods: Sixteen students trained their reading and spelling skills with the computer programmes Budenberg 1 and 2 and the Comles Package for 1000 minutes over a ...
Dimensional Comparison Effects Between Reading, Spelling and Math. An Extension of the I/E-Model for Elementary SchoolThe internal/external frame of reference model (I/E-model) postulates that students' self-concepts are formed by social as well as ...
The methodological assessment and qualitative evaluation of psychometric performance tests based on the example of modern tests that assess reading and spelling skillsAbstract. This article looks at a means of objectively evaluating the quality of ...
The role of morphological awareness in reading and spelling performanceAbstract.Objective: Although morphological awareness (MA) is known to be important for literacy acquisition, there are few studies – and no ...
Abstract. Although previous studies revealed evidence about the relationship between morphological competences and spelling abilities, only few studies investigated the specific role of morphological knowledge in spelling ...
Tablet-based Error Detection Test as an Economical and Valid Task for Assessing Spelling Skills in Elementary SchoolAbstract.Introduction: The potential of tablet-based error identification tests for the ...
Effectiveness of an Adaptive Spelling TrainingAbstract.Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptive spelling training in children with comparatively poor spelling ...
Development of a Digital Spelling Test for First Grade Primary School: Dimensionality and Reliability of the SCHNAPP Spelling TestAbstract.Background: Spelling performance at the end of first grade predicts ...
The Role of Morphological Awareness for Early Literacy Acquisition: First Results of a Longitudinal StudyAbstract:Background: For German, few longitudinal studies have examined whether morphological awareness (MA) before ...
Automated Reading and Writing: Results on Correlations in Written Language Competencies in Grade 4Abstract:Background: Basic literacy skills are crucial for participation in school and society. While reading skills have ...
Spelling Without Writing: Do Error-Detection Tests and Dictation Tests Measure the Same Competence?Abstract. The ability to spell words correctly is considered to be a core competency from school age on, and is typically assessed by dictation tests. A ...
Progress Monitoring of the Spelling Skills of Elementary School Students. Construction and Quality of a Curriculum-Based Measurement in GermanyAbstract. Recent German studies show a worrying situation regarding the orthographic performance of children. ...
Does the WÜRT 1 Fairly Assess the Spelling Performance of Multilingual Children? A Differential Item Functioning AnalysisAbstract: We need standardized instruments with empirically supported fairness for the psychoeducational ...
Zusammenfassung. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden die spezifischen Einflüsse verschiedener Vorläuferkompetenzen im Kindergartenalter auf die nachfolgende Schriftsprachentwicklung untersucht. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde auch die Annahme überprüft, ...
Während zahlreiche Untersuchungen der letzten Jahrzehnte die Bedeutung von individuellen Unterschieden im Bereich der Intelligenz und der sozialen Schichtzugehörigkeit wie auch des Geschlechts für die schulische Leistungsentwicklung in unterschiedlichen ...
How Effective Are Trainings of Phonological Awareness? A Meta-Analysis of German Language Training Programs and Their Effects on the Acquisition of Reading and Spelling SkillsPhonological awareness has often been considered as necessary for the ...
Abstract. Numerous observational and experimental studies have shown that phonological awareness relates to reading and spelling. However, most studies were conducted in English-speaking countries, neglecting the issue of the generalizability of the ...
Primary School Children’s Spelling of Consonant Clusters and Morphological AwarenessAbstract. The present studies investigate the development of the ability to spell final consonant clusters in German and its underlying strategies in first- to third-...