Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language: A Progress-Monitoring Instrument for Measuring Narrative Discourse Skills
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| Title: | Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language: A Progress-Monitoring Instrument for Measuring Narrative Discourse Skills |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Gillam, Sandra Laing, Gillam, Ronald B., Fargo, Jamison D., Olszewski, Abbie, Segura, Hugo |
| Source: | Communication Disorders Quarterly. Feb 2017 38(2):96-106. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Center for Special Education Research (ED) |
| Contract Number: | R324A100063 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Progress Monitoring, Language Impairments, Children, Story Telling, Psychometrics, Academic Discourse, Language Tests, Correlation, Interrater Reliability, Reliability, Construct Validity |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Test of Language Development |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1525740116651442 |
| ISSN: | 1525-7401 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to assess the basic psychometric properties of a progress-monitoring tool designed to measure narrative discourse skills in school-age children with language impairments (LI). A sample of 109 children with LI between the ages of 5 years 7 months and 9 years 9 months completed the "Test of Narrative Language" (TNL). The stories told in response to the alien picture prompt were transcribed and scored according to the TNL manual criteria and the criteria established for scoring the progress-monitoring tool, Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language (MISL). The MISL total score demonstrated acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability, inter-rater reliability, and construct validity for use as a progress-monitoring tool for specific aspects of narrative proficiency. The MISL holds promise as a tool for tracking growth in narrative language proficiency that may be taught as part of an intervention program to support the Common Core Standards related to literacy. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 50 |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2017 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1128815 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to assess the basic psychometric properties of a progress-monitoring tool designed to measure narrative discourse skills in school-age children with language impairments (LI). A sample of 109 children with LI between the ages of 5 years 7 months and 9 years 9 months completed the "Test of Narrative Language" (TNL). The stories told in response to the alien picture prompt were transcribed and scored according to the TNL manual criteria and the criteria established for scoring the progress-monitoring tool, Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language (MISL). The MISL total score demonstrated acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability, inter-rater reliability, and construct validity for use as a progress-monitoring tool for specific aspects of narrative proficiency. The MISL holds promise as a tool for tracking growth in narrative language proficiency that may be taught as part of an intervention program to support the Common Core Standards related to literacy. |
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| ISSN: | 1525-7401 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1525740116651442 |
