Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Autumn brought a twinge of nerves for Lena Zhu. Silent letters had already tripped up her fellow competitors in the state final of the ...

Spelling bees are a fun and challenging way to test your knowledge of the English language. But some spelling bee words are harder than others. Spelling bee competition (image used for illustration) ...

Kids learn better if they’re engaged in the topic at hand. [Todd] found something that has his son just begging to practice his spelling words each night. He converts them all to Morse code and taps ...

Teachers often report the dilemma of children scoring 100 percent correct on a Friday spelling test but misspelling the same words the following week in their writing. Cognitive psychology has given ...

Whenever the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US takes place, parents and children may wonder: What does it take to become a champion? Is it worth the effort? As just about any former Scripps ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...

Tomorrow morning, Houston's first African American spelling bee will be held at Jack Yates High school near the University of Houston. Students from a number of area charter schools will compete for ...

Founded in 1925, the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepares to crown its 2016 champion live on ESPN this Thursday. TIME talked with eight former champions from the long history of the bee to see what ...

We reviewed 27 published studies on spelling instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) and coded them for the following variables: (a) student characteristics, (b) instructional ...

Amherst College provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Whenever the Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place, parents and children may wonder: What does it take to become a champion? Is ...