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A Review of "A Study of the Spelling Development of Adult Literacy Learners Compared with that of Classroom Children."
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Bardine, Bryan – Research to Practice, 1997
In 1995, Neva M. Viise compared the spelling development of 195 child and 124 adult literacy learners by examining their spelling errors. Children and adults showed similar mastery in recognizing consonants and short vowel inclusions; however, the adults experienced much more difficulty marking syllables in words and were more likely to omit…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis