Spelling error detection. A valid and economical task for assessing spelling skills in elementary-school children.

Autor/inn/en	Endlich, Darius; Richter, Tobias; Marx, Peter; Lenhard, Wolfgang; Moll, Kristina; Witzel, Björn; Schulte-Körne, Gerd
Titel	Spelling error detection. A valid and economical task for assessing spelling skills in elementary-school children.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie, 52 (2020) 1-2, S. 25-40Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-8637; 2190-6262
DOI	10.1026/0049-8637/a000227
Schlagwörter	Fähigkeit; Diagnostik; Grundschule; Schüler; Fehler; Experiment; Buchstabieren; Aufgabe
Abstract	The ability to spell words correctly is a key competence for educational and professional achievement. Economical procedures are essential to identifying children with spelling problems as early as possible. Given the strong evidence showing that reading and spelling are based on the same orthographic knowledge, error-detection tasks (EDTs) could be considered such an economical procedure. Although EDTs are widely used in English-speaking countries, the few studies in German-speaking countries investigated only pupils in secondary school. The present study investigated N = 1,513 children in elementary school. We predicted spelling competencies (measured by dictation or gap-fill dictation) based on an EDT via linear regression. Error-detection abilities significantly predicted spelling competencies (R super 2 between.509 and.679), indicating a strong connection. Predictive values in identifying children with poor spelling abilities with an EDT proved to be sufficient. Error detection for the assessment of spelling skills is therefore a valid instrument for transparent languages as well. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2022/1