Early American Spellers, 1775-1900: A Catalog of the Titles Held by the Educational Research LibraryOffice of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 1985 - English language - 38 pages |
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... nineteenth - century spelling instruction brings to mind one text as most representative and most influential - Noah Webster's " blue - backed " speller which , in its time , sold over 100 million copies . The blue - backed speller was ...
... nineteenth - century spelling instruction brings to mind one text as most representative and most influential - Noah Webster's " blue - backed " speller which , in its time , sold over 100 million copies . The blue - backed speller was ...
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... nineteenth century . In the absence of blackboards or sufficient numbers of slates upon which students could write , as well as the emphasis placed on cor- rect pronunciation , spelling for the most part was an oral exercise . The ...
... nineteenth century . In the absence of blackboards or sufficient numbers of slates upon which students could write , as well as the emphasis placed on cor- rect pronunciation , spelling for the most part was an oral exercise . The ...
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... century drew nearer to a close , sharing its place with books based upon the whole word method and upon other ... nineteenth century . Other subjects had taken over its earlier responsibilities as the major subject through which basic ...
... century drew nearer to a close , sharing its place with books based upon the whole word method and upon other ... nineteenth century . Other subjects had taken over its earlier responsibilities as the major subject through which basic ...
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