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Beers, Scott F.; Nagy, William E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study examined the relationship of different measures of syntactic complexity with rated quality for two genres of text produced by middle school students. It was hypothesized that different measures would be associated with distinct aspects of syntactic complexity; words per clause with greater use of structures more typical of expository…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Syntax, Essays, Grade 7
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Girgin, Umit – International Journal of Special Education, 2006
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the reading comprehension of hearing impaired 8th graders who are being trained through an auditory-oral approach. The evaluation is conducted through miscue analysis using complex stories. To realize this aim, the following research questions are formulated. (1) To what extent do hearing impaired…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Semantics, Syntax, Deafness