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. 2010 Mar;43(1):89-93.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-89.

Use of sounding out to improve spelling in young children

Tracie B Mann  1 , Don Bushell Jr, Edward K Morris
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Use of sounding out to improve spelling in young children

Tracie B Mann et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

We examined the effects of teaching 5 typically developing elementary students to sound out their spelling words while writing them using the cover-copy-compare (CCC) method to practice spelling. Each student's posttest performance following practice with sounding out was compared to that student's posttest performance following practice with no sounding out. For every student, posttest accuracy was higher following practice with sounding out, indicating that it is an effective and easily implemented strategy to improve spelling instruction.

Keywords: cover-copy-compare method; sounding out; spelling.

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Percentage correct on SO (filled circles), no-SO (open circles), and SO posttests of previously missed words (filled squares) for the 5 students.
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