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Peer reviewedBerninger, Virginia W.; Fuller, Frances – Journal of School Psychology, 1992
Administered measures of oral verbal fluency, written orthographic fluency, and written composition to 300 young children. Boys performed significantly better that girls on oral verbal fluency and girls outperformed boys on written orthographic fluency. Girls consistently outperformed boys on number of words and number of clauses produced in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Primary Education, Sex Differences, Writing Ability
Peer reviewedBerninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
Research evidence is reviewed to show that transcription and working memory processes constrain the development of composition skills in students with and without learning disabilities and that in turn other processes constrain the development of transcription and working memory skills. Interventions for transcription are discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handwriting, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
