Mark Pennington describes trends and fads educators have followed about spelling. It’s a good quick read and reminder of a major foible of public school educators.
He notes that instruction of spelling ranged from none to precise memorization, all during his 30 year career as teacher. Many of us will recognize each item on his list, and remember thinking, “This is crazy,” as we tried to read student papers in higher education.
Maybe in the future, he will cite empirical sources for his assessment of which procedures yield which level of spelling by students. Or, maybe I missed it among the other thoughtful posts on this “I Must Monitor” thoughtful blog. He offers insights I find useful to consider while developing aLEAP. Thanks, Mark, for sharing publically.
I found his website after he commented on my post about classic education. And, yes, I welcome your comments about that post also.
Top Twelve Spelling Trends and Fads