Research has indicated that both teachers and elementary school children are likely to have many erroneous ideas about the dictionary and little understanding of how to use it correctly. To establish priority in dictionary skills that a child should master first and best, one staff member from each of four dictionary companies was asked to rate…

To determine the effect of proofreading on spelling, a study was conducted with middle- and upper-middle-class students in four sixth-grade classes in two schools in Austin, Texas. Two classes were used as control groups, and two as experimental groups. Teachers of both groups participated in the planning sessions to prepare 14 lessons with…