Comments on: Spelling instruction http://LDBlog.com/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/ News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:05:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: JohnL http://LDBlog.com/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-45449 JohnL Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:01:26 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-45449 Ruby, thanks for dropping a comment. The commercial spelling program that Professor Darch and colleagues found effective uses two major approaches. First, the students learn to spell by sounds, essentially the reverse of decoding ("sounding it out") in reading; this forms the base on which they must rely when spelling words. Second, as they progress through the program, students learn to use morphographs (similar to affixes, such as "re-," "-tion," and "-ment") so that they can combine root words with other word parts to spell complex words easily. Of course, there's more to it than this, but when students have learned a few rules about how to combine roots and morphographs, they can spell 1000s of words correctly. In addition to <i>Spelling Mastery</i>, there is also a remedial program that uses the same principles. It is called <i>Spelling Through Morphographs.</i> There is a good paper on this topic available for free from the Association for Direct Instruction. Follow <a href="http://www.adihome.org/articles/JDI_01_02_03.pdf" rel="nofollow">this link</a> to get a copy. Ruby, thanks for dropping a comment. The commercial spelling program that Professor Darch and colleagues found effective uses two major approaches. First, the students learn to spell by sounds, essentially the reverse of decoding (”sounding it out”) in reading; this forms the base on which they must rely when spelling words. Second, as they progress through the program, students learn to use morphographs (similar to affixes, such as “re-,” “-tion,” and “-ment”) so that they can combine root words with other word parts to spell complex words easily. Of course, there’s more to it than this, but when students have learned a few rules about how to combine roots and morphographs, they can spell 1000s of words correctly.

In addition to Spelling Mastery, there is also a remedial program that uses the same principles. It is called Spelling Through Morphographs.

There is a good paper on this topic available for free from the Association for Direct Instruction. Follow this link to get a copy.

]]> By: ruby garg http://LDBlog.com/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-45445 ruby garg Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:28:22 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-45445 hi john tell me something more about spelling strategies we can use on learning disabled as i want to work on this field .what are the other strategies which we can use as an remedial programme in spelling hi john tell me something more about spelling strategies we can use on learning disabled as i want to work on this field .what are the other strategies which we can use as an remedial programme in spelling

]]> By: JohnL http://LDBlog.com/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-3077 JohnL Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:31:08 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-3077 Doretta, you raise an interesting point, especially given the evidence that effective teaching of reading causes changes in the function of sections of the brain. What are the sources of disturbances in animal studies? Are you talking about the kitten carousel studies by Held and Hein in the '60s? Doretta, you raise an interesting point, especially given the evidence that effective teaching of reading causes changes in the function of sections of the brain.

What are the sources of disturbances in animal studies? Are you talking about the kitten carousel studies by Held and Hein in the ’60s?

]]> By: Doretta Wilson http://LDBlog.com/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-3074 Doretta Wilson Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:05:17 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2006/01/17/spelling-instruction/#comment-3074 I was very interested in this post because I am trying to find research that looks at ineffective teaching of reading as CAUSING the perceptual problems that lead to the learning disablity. There is evidence in animal studies for perception distortions at critical stages in development, but I have not been able to find research that is being carried out on children. I was very interested in this post because I am trying to find research that looks at ineffective teaching of reading as CAUSING the perceptual problems that lead to the learning disablity. There is evidence in animal studies for perception distortions at critical stages in development, but I have not been able to find research that is being carried out on children.

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