THE MARBURG PARENT-CHILD-SPELLING TRAINING - FOLLOW-UP AFTER 2 YEARS

The Marburg Parent-Child Spelling Training Program: two-year follow-up report. The results of a two-year parent-child training program are r eported. After one year of supervised tutoring by one of their parents , the children had only improved in those spelling areas that had been worked on in the program, otherwise there was no general improvement in their spelling ability. After the second year, not only their spell ing ability in the specific areas had continued to increase, but their ,general spelling ability (spelling test percentile rank) had also imp roved. Their self-confidence had increased markedly as well. Significa nt predictors of the specific spelling improvement were the specific s pelling ability at the initial measurement and whether or not the moth er was working; significant predictors for the general improvement cou ld not be found. Supervised tutoring by the parents was shown to be ef fective for improving childrens' spelling ability.