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Richards, Todd L.; Berninger, Virginia W.; Stock, Pat; Altemeier, Leah; Trivedi, Pamala; Maravilla, Kenneth R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
During fMRI imaging, 12 good and 8 poor writers aged 11 wrote a newly taught pseudoletter and a highly practiced letter. Both letters were formed from the same components, but the pseudoletter had a novel configuration not corresponding to a written English letter form. On the first fMRI contrast between the newly taught pseudoletter and highly…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Brain, Alphabets, Diagnostic Tests
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Swanson, H. Lee; Berninger, Virginia W. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1996
Investigates whether a general or specific working memory (WM) system is related to writing and whether individual differences in reading and/or processing efficiency underlie correlations between WM and writing. Indicates that WM measures contribute variance to writing, and WM performance improves under gain conditions--this enhanced efficiency…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Elementary Education, Individual Development, Reading
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Berninger, Virginia W.; Vaughan, Katherine; Abbott, Robert D.; Begay, Kristin; Coleman, Kristina Byrd; Curtain, Gerald; Hawkins, Jill Minich; Graham, Steve – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Third graders with low compositional fluency were randomly assigned to four time-equated treatments in an instructional experiment: spelling, composing, combined spelling plus composing, and treated control. All treatments increased compositional fluency. Results are related to the simple view of writing that integrates diverse theoretical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Childrens Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 3