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Charlotte Mason wrote that transcription should be an introduction to spelling, with the child looking at a word and then writing it from memory.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Transcription should be an introduction to spelling.”
Home Education (Home Education Series, Volume 1), Charlotte M. Mason, Project Gutenberg, eBook 71087, 1886, Chapter XI, Transcription.
Open the original- What it measures
- In the same chapter Mason describes the method: the child looks at the word, sees a picture of it with the eyes shut, and then writes it from memory.
- What it does not show
- A statement of Mason's intent. It is not a measured effect on spelling.