NDLI: Modeling the development of written language

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Author	Wagner, Richard K. Puranik, Cynthia S. Foorman, Barbara Foster, Elizabeth Wilson, Laura Gehron Tschinkel, Erika Kantor, Patricia Thatcher
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Alternative models of the structure of individual and developmental differences of written composition and handwriting fluency were tested using confirmatory factor analysis of writing samples provided by first- and fourth-grade students. For both groups, a five-factor model provided the best fit to the data. Four of the factors represented aspects of written composition: macro-organization (use of top sentence and number and ordering of ideas), productivity (number and diversity of words used), complexity (mean length of T-unit and syntactic density), and spelling and punctuation. The fifth factor represented handwriting fluency. Handwriting fluency was correlated with written composition factors at both grades. The magnitude of developmental differences between first grade and fourth grade expressed as effect sizes varied for variables representing the five constructs: large effect sizes were found for productivity and handwriting fluency variables; moderate effect sizes were found for complexity and macro-organization variables; and minimal effect sizes were found for spelling and punctuation variables.
Starting Page	203
Ending Page	220
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09224777
Journal	Reading and Writing
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15730905
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-10-09
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Writing development Writing scoring Writing models Interdisciplinary Studies Neurology Education (general) Psycholinguistics Languages and Literature
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Speech and Hearing Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Linguistics and Language

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