IS ENGLISH SPELLING CHAOTIC? MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING ITS IRREGULARITY

Is English Spelling Chaotic? Misconceptions concerning Its Irregularity

An overview of the goals of English orthography counters the misconception that its spelling is chaotic and unprincipled. Direct representation of the speaker’s phonemes is not its only goal. But even the sound-to-letter correspondences are not as inconsistent as widely believed. A survey of first-grade text vocabulary shows that spelling consistency is increased significantly if one takes into...

English spelling is chaotic : What facts lie behind this popular judgment ?

In this talk I will investigate the popular idea that English spelling is chaotic, and consider how to teach English spelling. I will also assess the relationship between segmentation, reading and spelling. Spelling difficulties are due to the gap between orthography and pronunciation; a word represents both sound and meaning, and good spelling may improve students' overall performance.

Common Misconceptions Concerning Heuristic Search

This paper examines the following statements about heuristic search, which are commonly held to be true: More accurate heuristics result in fewer states being expanded by A* and IDA*. A* expands fewer states than any other equally informed algorithm that finds optimal solutions. Any admissible heuristic can be turned into a consistent heuristic by a simple technique called . In search spaces wh...

Persistent Misconceptions concerning Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

ABTRACT The Null Hypothesis Significance Test is a popular testing procedure used mainly in the social sciences and occasionally in the natural sciences. The procedure has been criticized on several grounds. Firstly, opponents have attacked the procedure itself, claiming that it either does not tell the researcher what he or she wants to know; and/or that the procedure is not logically valid. S...

Ten Misconceptions Concerning Neurobiology and Politics