ERIC Number: EJ1414814
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0693
Automaticity in Writing in Response to Reading: Relations between Oral Reading Fluency and Compositional Writing Fluency in Grades 3-5
Reading & Writing Quarterly, v40 n2 p103-117 2024
Research has established that reading and writing skills are closely linked for most individuals, which can be explained by the shared knowledge and functional relations theoretical perspectives. The current study used quantile regression to explore differences between and within Grades 3-5 in the United States in the associations between a measure of reading automaticity (words correct per minute; WCPM) and writing automaticity (correct minus incorrect writing sequences; CIWS), when controlling for reading comprehension. Four hundred and twenty-two students completed a writing-in-response-to-reading task. Results indicated that WCPM and CIWS were significantly associated for most students in Grades 4 and 5 and only the strongest writers in Grade 3. In Grade 5, the association between reading and writing fluency were significantly stronger for the fluent writers than for the weaker and average writers. These results indicate that performance in writing-in-response-to-reading tasks may be facilitated by automaticity in reading, and that more automatic writers will typically also be automatic readers. The results suggest that late elementary grades may be an important developmental period for the integration of reading and writing fluency and that students may benefit from instruction to support this integration.
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Writing (Composition), Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Task Analysis, Age Differences, Writing Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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