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The 2016 study found a moderate correlation between spelling to dictation and spontaneous spelling, which the authors read as showing that the two tasks are supported by partially different spelling processes.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“the two tasks are supported by partially different spelling processes”
Spelling across Tasks and Levels of Language in a Transparent Orthography, Lucia Bigozzi et al., PLoS ONE, 2016, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0163033)- What it measures
- The authors conclude that both kinds of spelling assessment are useful in schools, because a child's score on one does not fully predict the other.
- What it does not show
- A correlation from one study of first graders. The authors' interpretation is theirs, and it is drawn from the abstract.