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Linguistic Indicators of Text Quality in Analytical Texts: Developmental Changes and Sensitivity to Pedagogical Work (Indicadores lingüísticos de la calidad textual en los textos analíticos: cambios evolutivos y sensibilidad al trabajo pedagógico)
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Aparici, Melina; Cuberos, Rocío; Salas, Naymé; Rosado, Elisa – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Mastering analytical writing involves the proficient use of varied later-acquired grammatical, lexical and discourse forms and functions. Developmental studies have identified specific linguistic features as diagnostic of increasing proficiency. This study examines how these features change throughout educational levels and before and after the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Grammar
Comparative Signaling Generated for Expository Texts by 4th-8th Graders: Variations by Text Structure Strategy Instruction, Comprehension Skill, and Signal Word
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lei, Puiwa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Explicit signals of important relationships in expository texts can provide efficient processing instructions for readers with strategic knowledge about text structures. However, such signal words do not help readers without strategic knowledge about use of text structures and signal words. This study provided the first detailed investigation…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7
Comparative Signaling Generated for Expository Texts by 4th-8th Graders: Variations by Text Structure Strategy Instruction, Comprehension Skill, and Signal Word
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lei, Puiwa – Grantee Submission, 2018
Explicit signals of important relationships in expository texts can provide efficient processing instructions for readers with strategic knowledge about text structures. However, such signal words do not help readers without strategic knowledge about use of text structures and signal words. This study provided the first detailed investigation…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7
Mental Representations of the Text Surface, the Text Base, and the Situation Model in Auditory and Audiovisual Texts in 7-, 9-, and 11-Year-Olds
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Wannagat, Wienke; Waizenegger, Gesine; Hauf, Juliane; Nieding, Gerhild – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2018
This study investigated the effects of auditory and audiovisual text presentation on the three levels of mental representations assumed in theories of discourse processing. A sample of 106 children aged 7, 9, and 11 years listened to 16 short narrative texts, 8 of which were accompanied by a series of pictures illustrating the content.…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Discourse Analysis, Memory, Models
Text Integration and Speaking Proficiency: Linguistic, Individual Differences, and Strategy Use Considerations
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Crossley, Scott A.; Kim, YouJin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The current study examined the effects of text-based relational (i.e., cohesion), propositional-specific (i.e., lexical), and syntactic features in a source text on subsequent integration of the source text in spoken responses. It further investigated the effects of word integration on human ratings of speaking performance while taking into…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Syntax, Oral Language, Speech Communication