The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance

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Autor(a) principal: Carvalhais, Lénia
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Limpo, Teresa, Pereira, Luísa Álvares
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/138269
Resumo: UIDB/03213/2020 UIDP/03213/2020 UIDB/00914/2020
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spelling The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing PerformanceA 3-Year Longitudinal StudyDescriptive textGrade levelLevels of languageLongitudinal studySpellingSyntactic complexity measuresWriting performancePsychology(all)UIDB/03213/2020 UIDP/03213/2020 UIDB/00914/2020Writing is a foundational skill throughout school grades. This study analyzed the development of different levels of written language (word, sentence, and discourse) and explored the relationship between these levels and writing performance. About 95 Portuguese students from two cohorts—Grades 4–7 (n = 47) 6–9 (n = 48)—were asked to produce a descriptive text two times, with a 3-year interval. The produced texts were used to assess spelling, syntactic correctness and complexity, and descriptive discourse as well as text length and quality. The main results showed that there were improvements from Grades 4 to 7 and 6 to 9 in word- and sentence-level skills, along with increases in some dimensions of the descriptive discourse. Moreover, the older cohort performed better than the younger cohort in terms of spelling, syntactic complexity, and text quality, but not in terms of syntactic correctness, one dimension of the descriptive discourse, and text length. Regression analyses showed that writing performance was predicted by word and sentence levels in the younger cohort only, and by discourse-level variables in both cohorts. Overall, despite indicating a generalized growth in writing skills throughout schooling, this study also highlighted the areas that may need additional attention from teachers, mainly in terms of the descriptive features.Centro de Linguística da UNL (CLUNL)RUNCarvalhais, LéniaLimpo, TeresaPereira, Luísa Álvares2022-05-19T22:14:01Z2021-08-032021-08-03T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/138269eng1664-1078PURE: 43987613https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668139info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:15:35Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/138269Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:49:03.150041Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
title The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
spellingShingle The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
Carvalhais, Lénia
Descriptive text
Grade level
Levels of language
Longitudinal study
Spelling
Syntactic complexity measures
Writing performance
Psychology(all)
title_short The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
title_full The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
title_fullStr The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
title_full_unstemmed The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
title_sort The Contribution of Word -, Sentence-, and Discourse-Level Abilities on Writing Performance
author Carvalhais, Lénia
author_facet Carvalhais, Lénia
Limpo, Teresa
Pereira, Luísa Álvares
author_role author
author2 Limpo, Teresa
Pereira, Luísa Álvares
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Centro de Linguística da UNL (CLUNL)
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carvalhais, Lénia
Limpo, Teresa
Pereira, Luísa Álvares
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Descriptive text
Grade level
Levels of language
Longitudinal study
Spelling
Syntactic complexity measures
Writing performance
Psychology(all)
topic Descriptive text
Grade level
Levels of language
Longitudinal study
Spelling
Syntactic complexity measures
Writing performance
Psychology(all)
description UIDB/03213/2020 UIDP/03213/2020 UIDB/00914/2020
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