Inhibition and updating directly predict narrative text length in fourth graders over and above transcription and language skills¶

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q3 i? Inhibition and updating contributed uniquely and directly to text length of written narratives after controlling for transcription and language skills. → Drijbooms 2015

Evidence¶

Drijbooms 2015¶

Drijbooms, E., Groen, M. A., & Verhoeven, L. (2015). The contribution of executive functions to narrative writing in fourth grade children. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-015-9558-z

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Hierarchical regression on 102 fourth graders' written narratives; EF entered last. "EF explained 8 % of unique variance after controlling for transcription and language skills", with inhibition and updating as significant predictors (betas .22* and .21*).

"EF explained 8 % of unique variance after controlling for transcription and language skills. The variance is almost entirely explained by inhibition and updating."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Executive functions do not directly predict syntactic complexity or story content once transcription and language skills are controlled — related
In a cross-sectional path model of fourth graders, handwriting fluency statistically mediated the relation between inhibition/updating and all narrative outcomes (text length, syntactic complexity, story content) — related
Planning shows no contribution to any level of narrative composition in fourth graders — related
EF tasks consolidate into three factors: inhibition, updating, and planning, with shifting not dissociable — related
Sixth-grade syntactic complexity of narrative writing is predicted by fourth-grade oral grammar, inhibition, and planning in addition to initial syntactic complexity — related
Working memory is a foundational cognitive skill for language and transcription skills, but its relation to writing is primarily mediated by other component skills — reports the opposite

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`title`	`Inhibition and updating directly predict narrative text length in fourth graders over and above transcription and language skills`
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