Kindergarten writing fluency does not mediate the relations between kindergarten component skills and first-grade writing outcomes¶
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q2 i? After accounting for component skills' direct effects, kindergarten writing was not predictive of first-grade quality (γ = .00, p = .99) or fluency (γ = .12, p = .24), so component-skill relations were direct rather than mediated. → 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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Full SEM with direct and indirect effects (Model 4) in the same cohort, testing whether kindergarten compositional fluency mediated component-skill effects on first-grade writing. Despite moderate factor correlations (r = .37 quality, r = .52 fluency), mediation was not supported.
"kindergarten writing was not predictive of either writing quality (γ = .00, p = .99) or fluency (γ = .12, p = .24) in first grade, after accounting for the direct effects of kindergarten component skills."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Communication Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Writing Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Kindergarten attention uniquely predicts both first-grade compositional fluency and quality one year later — related
- Kindergarten attention regulation is uniquely and positively related to compositional fluency after controlling for literacy, letter-writing fluency, and oral language — related
- Kindergarten oral language is uniquely related to first-grade writing quality but not to compositional fluency — 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
- Letter-writing fluency has a small unique concurrent relation to kindergarten compositional fluency but no significant relation to first-grade writing outcomes — related
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Kindergarten writing fluency does not mediate the relations between kindergarten component skills and first-grade writing outcomes |
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Kindergarten writing fluency does not mediate the relations between kindergarten component skills and first-grade writing outcomes |
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2014 |
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2026-10-20 |
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