Microstructure and Macrostructure Measures of Written Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive Language Samples

Autor/in	Karasinski, Courtney M.
Titel	Microstructure and Macrostructure Measures of Written Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive Language Samples
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 44 (2023) 3, S.152-162 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karasinski, Courtney M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/15257401221111334
Schlagwörter	Writing Skills; Persuasive Discourse; Expository Writing; Writing Evaluation; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Scores; Scoring Rubrics; Speech Language Pathology; Allied Health Personnel; Intervention; Accuracy; Error Patterns; Spelling; Punctuation; Difficulty Level; Productivity; Narration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Sekundarschüler; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Fehlertyp; Schreibweise; Interpunktion; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Produktivität
Abstract	This investigation identified dimensions of narrative, persuasive, and expository writing in Grades 1 to 12 and assessed the contribution of speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) indices to scores on teachers' 6 traits rubric. Findings could facilitate development of effective intervention programs for writing. A corpus of narrative, expository, and persuasive writing samples (N = 418) was analyzed for microstructure and macrostructure. Each genre revealed five dimensions. Writing quality included the 6 traits. "Accuracy" contained errors of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. "Complexity" encompassed mean length of T-unit and clausal density. "Productivity" included total number of words and number of different words for all genres, plus macrostructure for persuasion. "Genre" included macrostructure measures for narration and exposition and use of compromises for persuasion. Productivity scores predicted 6 traits for narration and persuasion, highlighting the important contribution of vocabulary to writing. Accuracy predicted 6 traits only for narration. Indices of genre-specific macrostructure predicted 6 traits total for all three genres. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01