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Parker, David C.; McMaster, Kristen L.; Burns, Matthew K. – School Psychology Review, 2011
The instructional level is helpful when identifying an intervention for math or reading, but researchers have yet to investigate whether the instructional-level concept can be applied to early writing. The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous research by examining technical features of potential instructional-level criteria…
Descriptors: Sentences, Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments, Teaching Methods
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McMaster, Kristen L.; Du, Xiaoqing; Yeo, Seungsoo; Deno, Stanley L.; Parker, David; Ellis, Troy – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study examined technical features of slopes produced from curriculum-based measures (CBM) of beginning writing. Eighty-five first-graders completed weekly sentence copy, picture-word, and story prompts for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, testing revealed alternate-form reliability and criterion validity of CBM scores generally similar to those…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Curriculum Based Assessment, Validity, Reliability
Texas Child Care, 1993
Suggests three ways to foster writing skills in preschool and primary school children: encourage language development; set up a writing center; and teach children to have fun with words. Offers instructions for writing projects, including making picture dictionaries, talking with pictures, writing outdoors, composing silly sentences, keeping…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Creative Writing, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education