Rebecca Treiman|Brett Kessler|Tatiana Cury Pollo|Brian Byrne|Richard K. Olson
Measures of Kindergarten Spelling and Their Relations to Later Spelling Performance
Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University in St. Louis|Federal University of São João del-Rei|Australian Research Council|National Health and Medical Research Council|University of Colorado System
learning orthographic forms words important spelling reading determine whether methods scoring childrens early spellings predict later spelling performance better methods analyzed data 374 us australian children took 10word spelling test end kindergarten age 6 years 2 months standardized spelling test approximately 2 years later surprisingly scoring methods took account phonological plausibility outperform methods based orthographic correctness scoring method widely used research young children allots certain number points word considers orthographic phonological plausibility rise top predictor prediction grade 2 spelling performance improved small extent considering childrens tendency reverse letters kindergarten