Kindergarten oral language is uniquely related to first-grade writing quality but not to compositional fluency¶
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q2 i? Oral language showed no unique relation to first-grade compositional fluency (γ = −.07, p = .50) but a unique relation to quality (γ = .16, p = .05); in kindergarten its relation to fluency was non-significant (γ = −.10, p = .237). → 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 of kindergarten component skills predicting first-grade outcomes in the 265-student cohort. Oral language (Picture Vocabulary, TOLD-P:3 subtests) was uniquely related to quality but not fluency; the authors describe the relations of oral language to writing outcomes as mixed.
"Oral language skills in kindergarten were not uniquely related to compositional fluency in first grade (γ = −.07 p = .50) but did exhibit a unique relation to quality of writing in first grade (γ = .16 p = .05)"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Communication Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Oral Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Kindergarten oral language independently predicts third-grade narrative writing quality — related
- Kindergarten writing fluency does not mediate the relations between kindergarten component skills and first-grade writing outcomes — related
- Kindergarten attention uniquely predicts both first-grade compositional fluency and quality one year later — 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
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- Total effects of oral language, cognition, transcription, and reading comprehension vary largely across the three dimensions of written composition — related
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Kindergarten oral language is uniquely related to first-grade writing quality but not to compositional fluency |
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Kindergarten oral language is uniquely related to first-grade writing quality but not to compositional fluency |
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2014 |
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