How Robust is the Contribution of Morphological Awareness to General Spelling Outcomes?
2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/02702710802412057
ISSN1521-0685
AutoresS. Hélène Deacon, John R. Kirby, Melissa Casselman-Bell,
Tópico(s)Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
ResumoWe present analyses of the impact of morphological awareness on spelling. Initial measures of morphological awareness and a number of control measures were taken at age 7 and spelling was assessed two years later (n = 115). Results indicated that the appreciation of morphology in oral language makes a contribution to spelling that is impervious to multiple control variables; it withstands controls for verbal and nonverbal intelligence, rapid automatized naming, verbal short-term memory, and phonological awareness, far more variables than included in prior studies. These results suggest that morphological awareness is a robust variable in determining spelling outcomes.
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