| Show SPELLING TESTS Au An Interesting test of at aim putted l spelling has hils been made mad a b by i i New ew York school teacher anti his con coit cluelon Is that by bytho bythe the tho which Mr Carnegie so gen supports are natural beaus they thoy commend themselves readily to the tho Judgment ot of the tho children taito has hIlS nut not beon corrupted I Tho rho school teacher to says lie he gave I a spellIng test to nit nIl pupils In Inthe the thc last live years ear In the course In ono one of at the pUblic schools school To lo these dren ho gave from the tho Spelling list tho followIng ten words fiat mist kist pt An examination ot of tim tho papers wo are told showed that the tho tendency of the children to end the tho words In the tho above group In t was 6 4 24 21 per cent This tendency y arted In the tho different grades In tile tue lower grades grade the th ten tendency tendency dency to end these thes words In t L was much stronger than In the and Years yara where there was no 10 tendency to thIs form orni as aK the tho children had learned to use tise the ct cl ending In the year nn an It ItalIan boy was wa found who 90 00 per cent of these words with the thet t ending No lees than thun 2161 1 57 per ler cent of these words or nearly lt 11 were missed on account ot of the failure of at the children to double the consonantS consonant In spelling thorn with the e ed ending Another test was made on the tallow follow lag Ing ton ten words Ax AC bark color draft dratt center gipsy mania mold pigmy omelet The examinatIon proved that EU EUper 61 per cent ot of nil the pupils used these thele simplifIed ed spellIngs Tho tendency to use ulle the tho more anomalous spellings was most marked In the and ond yea years a fact which seems to Indicate that constant training has hal overcome the tho I natural tendency of the children to spell sImply and to avoid old the super letters lotters Tho rhe tests lire are taken to prove that the ed spelling Is natural while the common orthography Is artificial and abnormal |
