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- Title
Evidence of alphabetic knowledge in writing: connections to letter and word identification skills in preschool and kindergarten.
- Authors
Molfese, Victoria J.; Beswick, Jennifer L.; Jacobi-Vessels, Jill L.; Armstrong, Natalie E.; Culver, Brittany L.; White, Jamie M.; Ferguson, Melissa C.; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Molfese, Dennis L.
- Abstract
The writing skills of 286 children (157 female and 129 male) were studied by comparing name writing and letter writing scores from preschool to kindergarten with letter and word reading scores over the same time period. Two rubrics for scoring writing were compared to determine if scores based on multiple components (i.e., letter formation, orientation on the vertical axis, left-right orientation, and correct letter sequencing) would better reflect differences in children's writing knowledge in preschool and kindergarten than rubrics composed of one component (i.e., letter formation only). While developmental changes in writing scores were found, little additional information was provided by multiple component scoring rubrics compared to the single component rubric. Letter writing scores were more strongly related to letter and word reading scores than name writing scores but neither writing score was predictive of growth. Implications of the findings for intentional/systematic writing instruction in preschool curricula are discussed.
- Subjects
ALPHABETIC principle (Reading); COMPOSITION (Language arts); WRITTEN communication; LETTER identification tests; PRESCHOOL children; SCORING rubrics; LETTER writing; PRESCHOOL curriculum
- Publication
Reading & Writing, 2011, Vol 24, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
0922-4777
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11145-010-9265-8