Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:28:10 BST CiteULike: lilith Finucci http://www.citeulike.org/user/lilith/author/Finucci CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/lilith/article/594900 <i>Brain Lang, Vol. 20, No. 2. (November 1983), pp. 340-355.</i><br /><br />A simple scheme for the classification of spelling errors was applied to the errors of four groups of children, totaling 483 subjects, in grades 3 to 12. The subjects in two of the groups, Group I and Group IV, consisted of individuals who attended special schools for children with dyslexia or specific reading disability (SRD). Group II included school age siblings of subjects in Group I, and Group III included subjects drawn from regular school programs. It was shown that (a) type of spelling error is independent of sex, (b) there are no consistent effects of IQ or grade level on type of spelling error, and (c) disabled readers as a group are more likely to produce dysphonetic errors than are normal readers. Although the type of spelling error produced by children who had a spelling disability only was shown to be similar to that of normal readers and to differ from that of disabled readers as a group, disabled readers were shown to differ among themselves, lending strong support to the use of spelling error type as a characteristic for identifying subgroups. Classification of spelling errors and their relationship to reading ability, sex, grade placement, and intelligence. JM Finucci SD Isaacs CC Whitehouse B Childs Brain Lang, Vol. 20, No. 2. (November 1983), pp. 340-355. 2006-04-22T03:28:50-00:00 1983 Brain Lang 0093-934X 20 2 340 355 language spelling