J. M. Rice found that
a. children who spent 40 minutes per day studying spelling learned considerably more than those who spent 10 minutes per day.
b. children who spent 40 minutes per day studying spelling learned considerably less than those who spent 10 minutes per day.
c. the question was impossible to answer.
d. many of the words children were required to spell had little practical value.
D
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