The Effects of Cover, Copy, and Compare on Spelling Accuracy with a Middle School Student with Learning Disabilities: A Case Report

Cover, Copy, Compare, Learning disabilities, Middle school, Single case design, Spelling The purpose of this research project was to examine the effects of employing the copy, cover and compare (CCC) method in spelling. The participant was a seventh grade male with learning disabilities. Dat a were gathered on his correct and error rate across various lessons in the studen t’s resource room classroom. An ABAB single case design was employed to evaluate the effects of CCC for both corrects and errors in spelling. The overall outco mes indicated a gradual increase in corrects and also gradual decreases in errors. This replicates much of the previous research with CCC. In the present cas e report, we were able to further replicate our work and those of Skinner and his colleagues. The CCC procedures were straight-forward to implement and dcollection fit into the daily classroom routine. The benefits of CCC are d iscussed.

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