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Download full textManning, Maryann; And Others – 1993
This study examined the spelling growth of kindergarten children on a monthly basis to determine if new information about the spelling growth of children could be found and if there was a relationship between spelling level and the point at which children begin to put spaces between words in written sentences. Twenty-seven kindergartners were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Invented Spelling, Kindergarten
Land, Robert E. – 1984
To determine whether older students make more revisions in their essays, more kinds of revisions, or "bigger" revisions than younger students, a study was made of revisions made by 30 randomly selected seventh grade and 30 randomly selected eleventh grade students. Students were asked to write and revise twice essays in which they described a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11, Grade 7
Blount, Nathan S.; And Others – 1969
Compositions of 1000 words were collected from 32 eighth-graders and 32 twelfth-graders in Manitowac, Wisconsin. In each grade, 16 males and 16 females were equally distributed into two ability groups based on IQ. Data from the writing samples were analyzed with an analysis of variance in which the factors were grade, sex, and ability level. The…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Marzano, Robert J.; DiStefano, Philip – 1978
Seven hundred and fifty compositions, randomly selected from National Assessment of Educational Progress essays written by 9-, 13- and 17-year-olds, were analyzed in a study of the skills that go into the writing of a good composition. The essays were first rated as high, medium, or low in quality. A total of 43 different indices reported or…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Fox, Barry – 1983
Microresearch of the type performed by W. Loban and K. Hunt was used to describe two functions of macroresearch methodology--reporting and classifying--of the type conducted by J. Britton. This was done by contrasting the use of nine linguistic features of writing produced by four groups of students in each of the functions. The features were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
HUNT, KELLOGG W.; AND OTHERS – 1968
THE PURPOSES OF THIS EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED IN THE TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE (1) TO STUDY DIFFERENCES IN SENTENCE STRUCTURES AMONG STUDENTS VARYING IN CHRONOLOGICAL MATURITY AND MENTAL ABILITY WITHIN GRADES 4, 6, 8, 10, AND 12, AND (2) TO SEE IF AN INSTRUMENT COULD BE DEVISED TO EFFICIENTLY MEASURE SYNTACTIC MATURITY. THE INSTRUMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, High Achievement
