How Robust is the Contribution of Morphological Awareness to General Spelling Outcomes?

Authors: Deacon, S. Helene¹; Kirby, John²; Casselman-Bell, Melissa²

Source: Reading Psychology, Volume 30, Number 4, July 2009 , pp. 301-318(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

We 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.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02702710802412057

Affiliations: 1: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Publication date: 2009-07-01

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