The same three-factor model of emergent writing fits both younger and older preschool children despite skill-level differences¶

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q3 i? Multi-sample CFA confirmed the three-factor structure held for children younger than 59 months and older than 58 months, with factor loadings and intercorrelations invariant across groups. → Puranik 2014

Evidence¶

Puranik 2014¶

Puranik, C. S., & Lonigan, C. J. (2014). Emergent Writing in Preschoolers: Preliminary Evidence for a Theoretical Framework. Reading Research Quarterly, 49(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.79

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Multi-sample CFA compared younger (n = 196) and older (n = 176) groups split at a median age. Constraining factor intercorrelations and loadings to equality did not reduce fit (p > 0.10), confirming the "three-factor model worked well across both age groups."

"The unconstrained multi-sample model provided a good fit to the data, confirming that the three-factor model worked well across both age groups. In the hierarchy of invariance constraints, neither constraining the correlations between factors and between residuals to equality across groups, χ2 difference (5, N = 372) = 5.13, p > 0.10, nor constraining the factor loadings to equality across groups, χ2 difference (16, N = 372) = 14.16, p > 0.10, resulted in a significant reduction in model fit"

Discussion¶

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