Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses Theses and Dissertations 1938 A Study of the Vocabulary Used and the Spelling Errors Made in Written Compositions of Second Grade Children Frances Josephine Brittain Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Brittain, Frances Josephine, "A Study of the Vocabulary Used and the Spelling Errors Made in Written Compositions of Second Grade Children" (1938). Master's Theses. 71. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/71 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1938 Frances Josephine Brittain p ,_. A STUDY OF THE VOCABULARY USED AND THE SPELLING ERRORS MADE IN WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF SECOND-GRADE CHILDREN BY FRANCES JOSEPHINE BRITTADT A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree o£ Master of Arts in Loyola University 1938 VITA Frances Josephine Brittain Born in Chicago, Illinois, January 21, 1912. Graduated from Academy of Our Lady, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1928. Graduated from Chicago Normal College, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1931. Ph. B., Loyola University, June, 1933. TEACHING POSITIONS 1932 - 1937 Roosevelt School, Maywood, Illinois 1937 - 1938 Medill Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois. 1938 - Sumner Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••iii CHAPTER I • THE PR 0 BLE1'1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 CRAFTER II.