EFFECTS ON SPELLING OF TRAINING CHILDREN TO READ
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 37 (2), 311-322
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1982.37-311
Abstract
Experiment 1 investigated whether training subjects to read words aloud would induce correct written spelling of the words even though spelling had no experimental consequences. Training in reading was followed by a weak increment in correct spelling. Experiment 2 investigated whether overtraining in reading would improve spelling more. Spelling improved as overtraining continued until the subjects spelled all the words correctly. Experiments 3 and 4 investigated the components of overtraining responsible for this improvement in spelling. Initial training in reading followed by repeated opportunities to look at (but not say aloud) the printed words resulted in the same gradual improvement in spelling as seen in Experiment 2. The results were related to Skinner's theory of verbal behavior and to studies of the relationship between speaking and instruction-following in children.Keywords
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