TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning to Spell Words
T2 - Findings, Theories, and Issues
AU - Treiman, Rebecca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
PY - 2017/7/4
Y1 - 2017/7/4
N2 - There has been less research on how children learn to spell than on how they learn to read, but a good deal is now known about spelling development. This article reviews studies of normative development, beginning with children’s early scribbles and proceeding to prephonological spelling involving letters, phonologically influenced invented spelling, and more advanced spelling. Most of the studies deal with spelling development in alphabetic writing systems. Theories about how children learn to spell, including constructivist theories, stage and phase theories, dual-route theories, and Integration of Multiple Patterns, are presented and reviewed in light of the research evidence. The final section of the article discusses directions for future research and implications for children with spelling difficulties.
AB - There has been less research on how children learn to spell than on how they learn to read, but a good deal is now known about spelling development. This article reviews studies of normative development, beginning with children’s early scribbles and proceeding to prephonological spelling involving letters, phonologically influenced invented spelling, and more advanced spelling. Most of the studies deal with spelling development in alphabetic writing systems. Theories about how children learn to spell, including constructivist theories, stage and phase theories, dual-route theories, and Integration of Multiple Patterns, are presented and reviewed in light of the research evidence. The final section of the article discusses directions for future research and implications for children with spelling difficulties.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014630988&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10888438.2017.1296449
DO - 10.1080/10888438.2017.1296449
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014630988
SN - 1088-8438
VL - 21
SP - 265
EP - 276
JO - Scientific Studies of Reading
JF - Scientific Studies of Reading
IS - 4
ER -