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Published on: June 25, 2019
Effects of delayed constructed-response identity matching on spelling of dictated words
Elenice S Hanna1, Deisy G de Souza, Julio C de Rose
1Departamento de Processos Psicológicos Básicos, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. hanna@unb.br
Abstract:
We studied the effects of delayed constructed-response identity matching on spelling with 6 first graders with histories of school failure. After training, the children learned to spell words to dictation and their cursive writing improved. These results replicate studies showing that delayed constructed-response matching establishes spelling. For 2 children, spelling of generalization words--words formed by recombining the syllables of training words--also improved. These results extend studies that have shown recombinative generalization in reading and spelling.

