Determining an Instructional Level for Early Writing Skills

Autor/inn/en	Parker, David C.; McMaster, Kristen L.; Burns, Matthew K.
Titel	Determining an Instructional Level for Early Writing Skills
Quelle	In: School Psychology Review, 40 (2011) 1, S.158-167 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0279-6015
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Writing Evaluation; Writing Assignments; Teaching Methods; Scoring; Writing Skills; Beginning Writing; Grade 1; Elementary School Students; Pictorial Stimuli; Prompting; Curriculum Based Assessment; Urban Schools; Spelling; Duplication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bewertung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Erstschreibunterricht; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Fantasieanregung; Benutzerführung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schreibweise
Abstract	The instructional level is helpful when identifying an intervention for math or reading, but researchers have yet to investigate whether the instructional-level concept can be applied to early writing. The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous research by examining technical features of potential instructional-level criteria for writing. Weekly writing performance was assessed with 85 first-graders over 12 weeks using Picture-Word and Sentence Copying prompts. Data from the students with the highest slopes were used to derive instructional level criteria. Several scoring procedures across Picture-Word and Sentence Copying prompts produced reliable alternate-form correlations and statistically significant relationships with a standardized writing assessment. Determining an instructional level in writing appears feasible; however, further research is needed to examine the instructional utility of this approach. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10