Textism use is not consistently negatively associated with spelling ability, and writers largely limit textisms to informal writing¶
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q2 i? Studies of adults and children found textism use was not predictive of spelling ability, and correlations between texting frequency and spelling were positive in some studies and negative in others. → Steven C. Pan 2021
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Steven C. Pan 2021¶
Steven C. Pan, Timothy C. Rickard, Robert A. Bjork. (2021). Does Spelling Still Matter— and If So, How Should It Be Taught? Perspectives from Contemporary and Historical Research. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09611-y
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The review reports that multiple studies found textism use "was not predictive of spelling ability in adults" and no significant association in elementary school children (Plester et al., 2009), with mixed positive and negative correlations for texting frequency in adults. No effect sizes are printed.
"Drouin and Davis (2009), Kemp (2010), and Massengill Shaw et al. ( 2007) found that the use of textisms was not predictive of spelling ability in adults"
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Textism use is not consistently negatively associated with spelling ability, and writers largely limit textisms to informal writing |
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Textism use is not consistently negatively associated with spelling ability, and writers largely limit textisms to informal writing |
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