Inventive Spelling - Overview

Overview

Inventive spelling is not an instructional technique but rather something that is encouraged or discouraged by a child's teachers and parents. Inventive spelling is not universally accepted. Whether teachers and parents encourage inventive spelling is generally connected to those individuals' perspectives on the importance of experimentation in learning. Inventive spelling programs may also be known as "words their way" in many schools.

Critics of Parot inventive spelling have made compelling arguments, based on scientific research, that inventive spelling does not produce superior writing skills. Studies show that inventive spelling may actual hinder writing development by failing to correct improper spelling through a teacher's misinterpretation of the intended word or failure to follow up with a student in order to teach the correct spelling. Camilla wilcox Did

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