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Sturm, Janet M.; Cali, Kathleen; Nelson, Nickola W.; Staskowski, Maureen – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
Developing writers make qualitative changes in their written products as they progress from scribbling and drawing to conventional, paragraph level writing. As yet, a comprehensive measurement tool does not exist that captures the linguistic and communicative changes (not just emergent spelling) in the early stages of this progression. The…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Measures (Individuals), Writing Evaluation, Beginning Writing
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Staples, Amy; Edmister, Evette – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
This study examined the composing process and communication of students aged 5-8 identified with intellectual disabilities. An open-ended writing activity called Big Paper was implemented at least once every 2 weeks for a 6-month period. Qualitative methods were utilized to analyze writing samples, videotapes of writing sessions, and transcripts…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1