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Kim, Young-Suk; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Wanzek, Jeanne – Grantee Submission, 2015
The primary goal of the present study was to examine the relations of kindergarten transcription, oral language, word reading, and attention skills to writing skills in third grade. Children (N=157) were assessed on their letter writing automaticity, spelling, oral language, word reading, and attention in kindergarten. Then, they were assessed on…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Predictor Variables, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Kim, Young-Suk; Phillips, Beth – Grantee Submission, 2014
In an effort to understand cognitive foundations of oral language comprehension (i.e., listening comprehension), we examined how inhibitory control, theory of mind, and comprehension monitoring are uniquely related to listening comprehension over and above vocabulary and age. A total of 156 children in kindergarten and first grade from…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Oral Language, Inhibition, Theory of Mind
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Kim, Young-Suk; Phillips, Beth – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
In an effort to understand cognitive foundations of oral language comprehension (i.e., listening comprehension), we examined how inhibitory control, theory of mind, and comprehension monitoring are uniquely related to listening comprehension over and above vocabulary and age. A total of 156 children in kindergarten and first grade from…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Oral Language, Inhibition, Theory of Mind
Kent, Shawn; Wanzek, Jeanne; Petscher, Yaacov; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Kim, Young-Suk – Grantee Submission, 2014
In the present study, we examined the influence of kindergarten component skills on writing outcomes, both concurrently and longitudinally to first grade. Using data from 265 students, we investigated a model of writing development including attention regulation along with students' reading, spelling, handwriting fluency, and oral language…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Attention Control, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk; Phillips, Beth M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
The present study explored the types and frequency of literate language features in children's narratives, and the relation of literate language and proper character introduction to children's oral language skills in a sample of 184 prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade students from high-poverty schools. Using hierarchical regression,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
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Kent, Shawn; Wanzek, Jeanne; Petscher, Yaacov; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Kim, Young-Suk – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
In the present study, we examined the influence of kindergarten component skills on writing outcomes, both concurrently and longitudinally to first grade. Using data from 265 students, we investigated a model of writing development including attention regulation along with students' reading, spelling, handwriting fluency, and oral language…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Attention Control, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Kim, Young-Suk; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Puranik, Cynthia; Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Greulich, Luana; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present study examined the components of end of kindergarten writing, using data from 242 kindergartners. Specifically of interest was the importance of spelling, letter writing fluency, reading, and word- and syntax-level oral language skills in writing. The results from structural equation modeling revealed that oral language, spelling, and…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Beginning Writing, Spelling, Structural Equation Models