Kindergarten attention uniquely predicts both first-grade compositional fluency and quality one year later¶
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q2 i? Kindergarten attention was uniquely related to first-grade compositional fluency (γ = .23, p < .001) and quality (γ = .19, p = .001) after accounting for other component skills. → Kent 2014
Evidence¶
Kent 2014¶
Kent, S., Wanzek, J., Petscher, Y., Al Otaiba, S. S., & Kim, Y.-S. (2014). Writing fluency and quality in kindergarten and first grade: The role of attention, reading, transcription, and oral language. Reading and Writing, 27(7), 1163-1188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-013-9480-1
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Longitudinal SEM predicting spring first-grade writing outcomes from kindergarten component skills in the same cohort. Attention showed unique positive paths to both outcomes; the model accounted for 33% of variance in quality and 45% in fluency.
"attention in kindergarten was uniquely related to both compositional fluency (γ = .23, p < .001) and quality (γ = .19, p = .001) in first grade after accounting for the other factors."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Attention — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Communication Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
- Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- A model of kindergarten writing development including an attention factor fits better than a model with only language and literacy factors — related
- Kindergarten attention regulation is uniquely and positively related to compositional fluency after controlling for literacy, letter-writing fluency, and oral language — related
- Kindergarten writing fluency does not mediate the relations between kindergarten component skills and first-grade writing outcomes — related
- Grammatical knowledge, reading comprehension, letter writing automaticity, and attentiveness are uniquely and positively related to substantive quality of first-grade written composition — related
- Kindergarten attention is not uniquely predictive of third-grade writing quality in either genre — related
- Kindergarten oral language is uniquely related to first-grade writing quality but not to compositional fluency — related
- Spelling and attentiveness are uniquely related to writing conventions of first-grade written composition, but instructional quality is not — related
- A higher-order early literacy factor (reading and spelling) is uniquely and positively related to kindergarten compositional fluency and first-grade writing fluency and quality — related
- Teacher responsiveness is uniquely related to substantive quality of first-grade written composition after accounting for child predictors and other instructional quality variables — related
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Kindergarten attention uniquely predicts both first-grade compositional fluency and quality one year later |
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Kindergarten attention uniquely predicts both first-grade compositional fluency and quality one year later |
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