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Title: Preschool Predictors of Narrative Writing Skills in Elementary School Children
Language: English
Authors: Hooper, Stephen R., Roberts, Joanne E., Nelson, Lauren, Zeisel, Susan, Kasambira Fannin, Danai
Source: School Psychology Quarterly. Mar 2010 25(1):1-12.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2010
Contract Number: R305H060042
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Preschool Education
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Children, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten, Writing Skills, Prereading Experience, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Language Processing, Language Skills, Parent Influence, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Reading Achievement, Screening Tests
Geographic Terms: North Carolina
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability
DOI: 10.1037/a0018329
ISSN: 1045-3830
Abstract: This study examined the preschool predictors of elementary school narrative writing skills. The sample included 65 typically developing African American children, ranging in age from 5.0 to 5.5 years, and was 44.6% male. Targeted preschool predictors included measures of phonological processing, core language abilities, prereading skills, and early writing concepts assessed during the spring or summer, just before beginning kindergarten. Using hierarchical linear modeling, findings showed that core language abilities, prereading skills, and maternal education at preschool significantly predicted the level of writing in Grades 3-5, but only core language abilities and prereading skills significantly predicted the rate of growth in writing. When kindergartners were separated into low and high readers, and low and high core language abilities, a significant pattern of widening differences emerged between the groups over time. These findings point to core language abilities, prereading skills, and maternal education assessed at kindergarten entry as critical predictors of later narrative writing skills, and they suggest the importance of including such measures when screening for written language problems in early kindergarten and early elementary school. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
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Number of References: 48
IES Funded: Yes
Entry Date: 2010
Accession Number: EJ878763
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