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Direct linkVarnhagen, Connie K.; McFall, G. Peggy; Pugh, Nicole; Routledge, Lisa; Sumida-MacDonald, Heather; Kwong, Trudy E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
Written communication in instant messaging, text messaging, chat, and other forms of electronic communication appears to have generated a "new language" of abbreviations, acronyms, word combinations, and punctuation. In this naturalistic study, adolescents collected their instant messaging conversations for a 1-week period and then completed a…
Descriptors: Spelling, Electronic Mail, Punctuation, Classification
Figueredo, Lauren; Varnhagen, Connie K. – Reading Psychology, 2005
We investigated expectations regarding a writer's responsibility to proofread text for spelling errors when using a word processor. Undergraduate students read an essay and completed a questionnaire regarding their perceptions of the author and the quality of the essay. They then manipulated type of spelling error (no error, homophone error,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Spelling, Word Processing, Error Patterns
Download full textVarnhagen, Stanley J.; Varnhagen, Connie K. – 1986
Noting that while the number of errors gives a general indication of spelling ability, it may represent an oversimplification of the spelling process, a study examined the spelling ability of 40 Canadian third grade students of average ability. Subjects were divided into low and high spelling ability groups on the basis of the Edmonton (Alberta)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Error Analysis (Language)
