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Top Twelve Spelling Trends and Fads
Top Twelve Spelling Trends and Fads
Continue reading the Original Blog PostMark Pennington describes trends and fads educators have followed about spelling. It's a good quick read and reminder of a major foible of public school educators.
He notes that instruction of spelling ranged from none to precise memorization, all during his 30 year career as teacher. Many of us will recognize each item on his list, and remember thinking, "This is crazy," as we tried to read student papers in higher education.
Maybe in the future, he will cite empirical sources for his...