Abstract: A method of spelling assessment includes identifying misspelled words; describing error patterns; analyzing, for a given spelling error, whether the target word is a base word or is derived or inflected; and assessing the student's phonological awareness, visual orthographic memory, orthographic knowledge, and morphological awareness skills based thereon. An embodiment of the method comprises aligning the student's misspelling with the corresponding letters in the correctly spelled target word. An apparatus implements the method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 13, 2004
Assignee:
Learning by Design, Inc.
Inventors:
Julie J. Masterson, Kenn Apel, Jan Wasowicz