Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...

It’s the week of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee, where spellers between the ages of 6 and 15 are competing to demonstrate their mastery of the tricks and tics of English spelling. The bee’s ...

Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1998), pp. 106-122 (17 pages) Children with only spelling (n=24) or handwriting and spelling disabilities (n=24) were randomly assigned to a ...

No longer do students bring home that list of words every Monday to memorize for a test Friday as did their parents, grandparents and even older brothers and sisters. The words are still spelled the ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from local government and international agencies to conduct research in the areas of teacher standards, spelling, literacy ...

The teaching of English to speakers of other languages has, in recent years, rightly given emphasis to the student's mastery of the sound system of the language. In contrast, English orthography is ...

Encouraging kindergartners’ attempts to spell unknown words on their own can help them become better readers, according to a recent study by two Canadian researchers. Gene Ouellette, an associate ...

Want a spelling be champion in your family? Then use these tips to help your child learn to spell with the best of them. There is a certain electric magic that comes with the National Spelling Bee. It ...

Positioned as showdowns, smack-downs or friendly competitions, spelling bees have a long and storied past in the United States. The earliest spelling contest on record dates back to 1808 and was ...