Improvements in Spelling from Underwood, 2007

  

 

 

 

 

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Statistical analysis of study on Spelling reported in Underwood, 2007

By Buffy McClelland

Lynda Underwood published a report in the Brain Gym Journal of her year-long study of the effects of Brain Gym on spelling with a class of children who were initially slightly above average. The results indicate a highly significant improvement in spelling for almost all children in the study.

 
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19 children in Year 3 (7 - 8 yrs).

 
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Brain Gym movements used throughout the school year.

 
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Blackwell Spelling Test used.

 
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Initial Group Mean Spelling Age was about 1 year ahead of calendar age at start of year

 
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Group Mean Spelling Age was about 3 years ahead of calendar age at end of academic year

 
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improvement of about 2 years ABOVE AND BEYOND calendar age change of 10 months

 
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Passes 2-tailed T-tests so is statistically significant change.

 
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3.6 months of reading age improvement per month of intervention.

 
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Lynda Underwood reports increases in confidence and self-esteem, and also high performance in National SATs tests.

 

Data from Underwood, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Underwood, L., 2007. Spelling, Science and SATs: What movement-based learning has brought to our school. The Brain Gym Journal, Vol XXI (3), p4.

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