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Publication Date: 2006-Feb
Pages: 16
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The Impact of Invented Spelling on Phonemic Awareness
Martins, Margarida Alves; Silva, Cristina
Learning and Instruction, v16 n1 p41-56 Feb 2006
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a training programme, designed to make preschool-age children's invented spelling evolve, on their phonemic awareness. The participants were 90 children who were divided into 3 experimental and 3 control groups based on the nature of their invented spelling. Children's phonemic skills were evaluated in a pre-test and a post-test. In between the experimental groups underwent the training program. The experimental groups achieved greater progress in the phonemic tests than the control groups. The training's impact on those tests differed depending on the level of the children's invented spelling.
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Invented Spelling, Phonemes, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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