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How Lack of Confidence in Spelling Affects Children's Written Expression

David Moseley
Abstract: 

Careful examination of written stories reveals that poor spellers restrict their vocabulary and their syntax to avoid words they cannot spell, giving quite a wrong impression of their intelligence.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18296/set.1001
Journal issue: 
set 1993: no. 2

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