Evaluating the dimensionality of first-grade written composition

YS Kim, S Al Otaiba, JS Folsom, L Greulich, C Puranik - 2014 - ASHA
Purpose This study examined dimensions of written composition by using multiple
evaluative approaches such as an adapted 6+ 1 trait scoring, syntactic complexity …

Desempeños en la calidad de explicaciones y argumentaciones en estudiantes chilenos de 8º básico

J Figueroa, A Meneses, E Chandía - Revista signos, 2019 - SciELO Chile
La escritura es una tarea que conlleva una alta demanda cognitiva y lingüística, cuya
dificultad se ve incrementada al momento de escribir textos académicos, por lo que los …

Spelling performance of Portuguese children: Comparison between grade level, misspelling type, and assessment task

S Magalhães, A Mesquita, M Filipe, A Veloso… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is consensus among researchers that misspellings are something to avoid. However,
misspellings also convey relevant information for researchers and educators. The present …

Human ratings of writing quality capture features of syntactic variety and transformation in Chinese EFL learners' argumentative writing

J Xue, L Zheng, X Tang, B Li, E Geva - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Traditionally, writing quality is measured by human ratings, either holistically or analytically.
The present study aimed to investigate the locus of human ratings by analyzing the linguistic …

Non-phonological strategies in spelling development

N Salas - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This paper investigated the role that types of knowledge beyond phonology have on spelling
development, such as knowledge of morpheme-to-grapheme mappings, of orthographic …

Honouring the process: a critique of the School Wide Write within effective writing instruction and assessment

A Mai - 2014 - dspace.library.uvic.ca
Every September in my school district, the School Wide Write (SWW)–a seemingly
innocuous benchmark assessment for writing–has often caused stress, confusion, and even …