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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

What Predicts English Spelling Performance: A Spelling Megastudy of 9,480 Words

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Qian Wen Chee
    National University of Singapore
  • Melvin Yap
    National University of Singapore
  • Winston Goh
    National University of Singapore
  • Rebecca Treiman
    Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the predictors of spelling performance amongst skilled readers through a megastudy approach. Length, neighbourhood density, number of morphemes, feedback consistency, and word frequency significantly predicted spelling accuracies and latencies.

Language/Speech