Spelling instruction through Etymology : a method of developing spelling lists for older students

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an approach to developing word lists centred on etymological roots would improve the spelling performance of older primary school students. Participants were 46 students in the last year of primary school in south-east Queensland (31 girls and 15 boys) across three classes, with two classes being assigned to control conditions. Students were evaluated pre- and post-intervention on three dependent measures: British Spelling Test Series spelling, spelling in writing and writing. The results of this intervention revealed improvements in spelling for girls but not for boys. The implications for improved teaching methods are discussed.

On the etymology of the term ševâ

by C. Levias

Records by spade and terrier; historical sidelights from the discovery of stone-age, Celtic and Roman remains; also from the etymology of local place and family names, from customs and folk-lore garnered from the tithe-maps and registers of Holcome-by-Mendip and surrounding district.

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An English school grammar : with very copious exercises, and a systematic view of the formation and derivation of words, comprising Anglo-Saxon, Latin, & Greek lists, which explain the etymology of above seven thousand English words /

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An English grammar for classical schools. Etymology, parts I and II

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An easy English grammar in four parts; being a complete course of etymology, syntax, and analysis, with four hundred exercises,

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Common school grammar. Easy lessons in etymology and syntax.

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The youth's catechetical grammar; or, A simple illustration of the principles of the English language, adapted to the capacity of the juvenile mind; comprising a philosophical view of orthography, etymology, syntax and prosody,

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The grammatical assistant : containing definitions in etymology, rules of syntax, and selections for parsing /

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A drill book in the etymology and syntax of the English language.

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English grammar in two parts : the first, a brief analysis of the English language : the second, a practical system of etymology and syntax : with exercises in parsing and corrections /

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Text-book of English grammar : a treatise on the etymology and syntax of the English language ... : for the use of students in training colleges and the upper classes in national and other elementary schools /

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The teachers' manual of English grammar : consisting of three parts in one volume : Part I. contains the principles of analysis, or parsing : Part II. contains observations upon orthography, etymology, and syntax : Part III. contains the principles of the synthesis, or the idiom of the English language /

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Rudimental lessons in etymology and syntax : in which these two parts of grammar are exhibited in parallel columns : carelfuly [sic] adapted to the capacity of young learners. : Chiefly selected from Murray's grammar. /

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