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Kathryn Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: This study focused on factors that contributed to writing quality in adults who were pursuing a General Educational Development (GED) diploma through an adult basic education program and university students who were pursuing a college degree. We explored the role of transcription (handwriting and spelling), working memory, oral language,…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Students, Universities, Handwriting
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Karlsen, Jannicke; Hjetland, Hanne Naess; Hagtvet, Bente Eriksen; Braeken, Johan; Melby-Lervåg, Monica – First Language, 2021
We examined the concurrent relationship between narrative skills (the Renfrew Bus Story Test) and core language measures (vocabulary, grammar and verbal memory) at age 4 and the longitudinal relationship between core language and listening comprehension skills at age 7 in a sample of 215 children using latent variables and structural equation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Skills, Narration, Listening Comprehension
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Lee, Sung Hee; Bernstein, Malayna – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2022
This article reports on a qualitative secondary data analysis of a study of upper elementary students' narrative writing progress in U.S. rural schools. It compares students working online in pairs with those working alone. We explain why the intervention had some positive effects for struggling writers but few effects for skilled writers. The…
Descriptors: Narration, Writing Instruction, Collaborative Writing, Revision (Written Composition)