The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar

Recent studies show that spell-checkers help reduces students’ surface error in writing by flagging spelling errors and giving correct spelling suggestions. However, are the error corrections provided by spelling checkers internalised by students? This study investigated whether the presence of spe...

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Main Author: Rimbar, Hazelynn
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Published: 2013
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spelling uitm-154022016-11-16T05:36:01Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15402/ The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar Rimbar, Hazelynn Translating and interpreting Recent studies show that spell-checkers help reduces students’ surface error in writing by flagging spelling errors and giving correct spelling suggestions. However, are the error corrections provided by spelling checkers internalised by students? This study investigated whether the presence of spelling-checkers influenced students’ abilities to repair spelling errors. A quasi-experimental two groups study was conducted on 30 Form 1 students, one with spelling-checkers, and one without. The students were given dictations which contained target words. The checker helped the students revise their spelling. However, after the use of spelling checkers, students still made the same errors in their spelling. The findings suggest that spell-checkers have very little influence on students’ abilities to repair spelling errors. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15402/1/TM_HAZELYNN%20RIMBAR%20ED%2013_5.pdf Rimbar, Hazelynn (2013) The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
description Recent studies show that spell-checkers help reduces students’ surface error in writing by flagging spelling errors and giving correct spelling suggestions. However, are the error corrections provided by spelling checkers internalised by students? This study investigated whether the presence of spelling-checkers influenced students’ abilities to repair spelling errors. A quasi-experimental two groups study was conducted on 30 Form 1 students, one with spelling-checkers, and one without. The students were given dictations which contained target words. The checker helped the students revise their spelling. However, after the use of spelling checkers, students still made the same errors in their spelling. The findings suggest that spell-checkers have very little influence on students’ abilities to repair spelling errors.
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author Rimbar, Hazelynn
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title The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
title_short The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
title_full The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
title_fullStr The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
title_full_unstemmed The influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / Hazelynn Rimbar
title_sort influence of spelling-checkers on students' ability to generate repairs of spelling errors / hazelynn rimbar
publishDate 2013
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15402/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15402/1/TM_HAZELYNN%20RIMBAR%20ED%2013_5.pdf
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