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J Educ Psychol. 2015 Feb 01;107(1):79-95. doi: 10.1037/a0037210.

Towards an understanding of dimensions, predictors, and gender gap in written composition.

Journal of educational psychology

Young-Suk Kim, Stephanie Al Otaiba, Jeanne Wanzek, Brandy Gatlin

Affiliations

  1. Florida State University and Florida Center for Reading Research.
  2. Southern Methodist University.
  3. Florida State University.

PMID: 25937667 PMCID: PMC4414052 DOI: 10.1037/a0037210

Abstract

We had three aims in the present study: (1) to examine the dimensionality of various evaluative approaches to scoring writing samples (e.g., quality, productivity, and curriculum based writing [CBM]) , (2) to investigate unique language and cognitive predictors of the identified dimensions, and (3) to examine gender gap in the identified dimensions of writing. These questions were addressed using data from second and third grade students (

Keywords: CBM; Dimensionality; Gender; Writing Productivity; Writing Quality

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