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Englert, Carol Sue; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
This study examined the ability of writers at two ages and three ability levels in generating textually-consistent superordinate main ideas and subordinate details for three types of text structures. Subjects were 62 third and 61 sixth graders. Analyses revealed significant main effects for grade, ability, and text type. (TJH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students