Children's spelling justifications can be coded into RR-model representational levels, with E1 splitting into phonological (E1A) and morphological (E1B) sub-levels¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Every participant could be allocated to a representational level (Implicit, E1A, E1B, E2, E3), with most at E1A or E1B and none predominantly Implicit. → Critten 2006 q2 i? E1 subdivided into E1A (over-applied phonological theory) and E1B (over-applied -ed morphological theory), extending the RR model. → Critten 2006

Evidence¶

Critten 2006¶

Critten, S., Pine, K., & Steffler, D. (2006). Spelling Development in Young Children: A Case of Representational-Redescription? Manuscript submitted for publication (Date of Submission: Thursday 3rd August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.207

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Coding of 51 children's taped justifications in a one-to-one recognition task against RR-model criteria. Inter-rater reliability with an independent rater on 25 children produced a Kappa of .73; most participants were at E1A or E1B and no child was predominantly Implicit.

"it became apparent that for many of the participants, level E1 was too broad and that actually, two distinct types of E1 seemed to exist. They are labeled here as E1A and E1B"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Nunes et al. spelling stages map onto RR representational levels: stage 2 with E1A, stage 3 with E1B, and stages 4-5 with E2 and E3 — related
• Spelling production and recognition accuracy both increase as representational explicitness increases from E1A to E3 — related
• The RR model explains children's stubborn persistence with ineffective spelling strategies that the Overlapping Waves model could not account for — related