Squaring Up to Spelling: A Teacher-Research Group Surveys Parents.

Chandler, Kelly

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ERIC Number: EJ598939

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Squaring Up to Spelling: A Teacher-Research Group Surveys Parents.

Chandler, Kelly

Language Arts, v77 n3 p224-31 Jan 2000

Surveys parents to discover their perceptions of spelling and spelling instruction. Notes parents see spelling as critically important, want time in school devoted to spelling instruction, want to see a grade in spelling on students' report cards, and see reading and writing as the primary ways in which children learn to spell. Describes effects on teachers and students. (SR)

Descriptors: Community Surveys, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Reflective Teaching, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Teacher Researchers, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: Spelling Out Our Concerns about Spelling.