The two files that are able to be downloaded here come from an unpublished MEd thesis titled “The effects of teaching spelling skills using word-level information and mnemonic strategies on the literacy achievement of year 1,2 and 3 students” which was undertaken by Joy Allcock at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, in 2000.

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Literature review of spelling research

This section provides an overview of current research into spelling acquisition.

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Overview of research that went into the developmentof Spelling Under Scrutiny, published in 2000.

An analysis of the nature of errors students commonly made in their writing and the results of a trial remedial spelling programme run by the author are described in this section.

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