Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)

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From: Tony Meadors
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 23:37

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In article <2010@hp-sdd.hp.com> nick@hp-sdd.hp.com.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes:
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>Can we let the spelling discussion die now?  
>...
>Clearly, spelling ability has little to do with intelligience.
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>Nick
>

 I would bet that given a "real" cross-section of individuals (think of
 testing everyone that enters the DMV for example) you would find quite
 a tidy correlation between performance on a spelling test and a standard 
 IQ test: say, 0.3 to 0.4. Why this is, as well as what it means to
 designers, educators, and we, the poor spellers, is an open question.

tonyM 

Has Wheel of Fortune done more for improving spelling among the masses
than our lottery billions? :^)

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From: meadors@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Tony Meadors)
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Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
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Date: 18 May 89 23:37:28 GMT
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