Children's Writing Ability: Effects of Parent's Education, Mental Speed and Intelligence

Autor/inn/en	Rindermann, Heiner; Michou, Christina Dimitra; Thompson, James
Titel	Children's Writing Ability: Effects of Parent's Education, Mental Speed and Intelligence
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 21 (2011) 5, S.562-568 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.010
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Childrens Writing; Writing Ability; Psychometrics; Cognitive Ability; Verbal Ability; Correlation; Data Analysis; Investigations; Parent Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; 'Children''s writing; Writing; Child; Children; Children''s writings'; Kinderschrift; Schreibstil; Kind; Kinder; Schreibkompetenz; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Denkfähigkeit; Mündliche Leistung; Korrelation; Auswertung; Untersuchung; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule
Abstract	Verbal ability comprises receptive (understanding) and active (producing) facets. While the first (e.g. as literacy in PIRLS and PISA) is frequently analyzed in its relationship to further cognitive abilities and parental attributes the latter is rarely investigated. The present study using data from N=280 students aged 9 to 14 years investigated the dependence of active (expressive) verbal ability (by writing a free description of a painting: indicated by number of written words, number of seldom used words, correctness of grammar and orthography) on educational level of parents, number of books at home, mental speed (verbal, numerical, and figural Coding-Test), and psychometric intelligence (verbal, numerical, and figural CogAT). Path analyses found the strongest total ability effect for mental speed, the strongest direct effect for intelligence, both depending on educational level of parents and number of books. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10