The effects of self-correction versus traditional spelling on the spelling performance and maintenance of third grade students

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-476

  McGuffin, Marti E ^a   Martz, Stacy A ^b   Heron, Timothy E ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b St Joseph Home Inc   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academics; Classroom application; Direct instruction; Self correction; Spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846553076     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022807402418     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. Allred, R. A. (1984). What research says to the teacher: Spelling trends, contents, and methods. Washington, DC: National Education Association.
2. Barbetta, P. M., Heron, T., & Heward, W. L. (1993). Effects of active response during error correction on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of sight words by students with developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 111-119.
3. Barbetta, P. M., Heward, W. L., & Bradley, D. M. C. (1993). Relative effects of whole-word and phonetic-prompt error correction on the acquisition and maintenance of sight words by students with developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 99-110.
4. Gerber, M. M. (1986). Generalization of spelling strategies by learning disabled students as a result of contingent imitation/modeling and mastery criteria. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 19, 530-537.
5. Gettinger, M. (1993). Effects of error correction on third graders' spelling. Journal of Educational Research, 87, 39-45.
6. Graham, S., & Miller, L. (1979). Spelling research and practice: A unified approach. Focus on Exceptional Children, 12, 1-16.
7. Heron, T. E., Okyere, B. A., & Miller, A. D. (1991) . A taxonomy of approaches to teach spelling. Journal of Behavioral Education, 1, 117-130.
8. Heward, W. L. (1994). Three low tech strategies for increasing the frequency of active student response during group instruction. In R. Gardner, III, D. M. Sainato, J. O. Cooper, T. E. Heron, W. L. Heward, J. Eshleman, & T. A. Grossi (Eds.), Behavior analysis in education: Focus on measurably superior instruction (pp. 283-320). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
9. McNeish, J. (1985). Effects of self-correction on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of spelling words with learning disabled students. Unpublished Master's thesis, The Ohio State University.
10. McNeish, J., Heron, T., & Okyere, B. (1992). Effects of self-correction on the spelling performance of junior high students with learning disabilities. Journal of Behavioral Education, 2, 17-27.
11. Matson, J. L., Esveldt-Dawson, K., & Kazdin, A. E. (1982). Treatment of spelling deficits in mentally retarded children. Mental Retardation, 20, 76-81.
12. Murphy, J. F., Hern, C. L., Williams, R. L., & McLaughlin, T. F. (1990). The effects of the copy, cover, compare approach in increasing spelling accuracy with learning disabled students. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 15, 378-386.
13. Nulman, J. H., & Gerber, M. M. (1984). Improving spelling performance by imitating a child's errors. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 17, 328-333.
14. Okyere, B. A., & Heron, T. E. (1992). Use of self-correction to improve spelling in regular education classrooms. In G. Stoner, M. R. Shinn, & H. M. Walker (Eds.), A school psychologist's interventions for regular educators (pp. 399-413). National Association of School Psychology Monograph.
15. Okyere, B. A., Heron, T. E., & Goddard, Y. (1997). Effects of self-correction on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of the written spelling of elementary school children. Journal of Behavioral Education, 17, 51-69.
16. Stewart, C. A., & Singh, N. N. (1986). Overcorrection of spelling deficits in moderately mentally retarded children. Behavior Modification, 10, 355-365.