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Shannon Hall-Mills; Carla Wood – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
The primary objective of this study was to compare the syntactic complexity of informational texts produced by fifth-grade students (a) with and without language impairment and (b) with and without native English-speaking proficiency on a curriculum-based reading and writing task. Expository writing samples produced by 114 children enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Syntax, Writing (Composition)
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Carla Wood; Miguel Garcia-Salas; Christopher Schatschneider; Michelle Torres-Chavarro – Grantee Submission, 2024
Purpose: The current study examined (a) the relation between morphologically complex word (MCW) use (words containing at least one derivational morpheme such as prefixes and suffixes) and teachers' ratings of writing quality, (b) average change in MCW use in writing across the school year, and (c) differential change in MCW among students with…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Vocabulary
Keisey Fumero; Carla Wood – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: This study examines the written language samples of fifth grade English learner (EL) students with and without diagnosed language-based learning disabilities (LLDs) in an effort to explore the utility of such supplemental materials for aiding in differential diagnosis of ELs with and without LLDs. Method: This sample of 127 fifth grade…
Descriptors: Grammar, Verbs, Error Analysis (Language), Written Language