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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"written expression"”.
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Alternate Forms Reliability for Written Expression Probes
… few studies have examined the area of CBMWritten Expression. Even fewer studies exist exploring the reliability among alternate writing forms. This study determined alternate form reliability coefficients for written expression probes at the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grade levels …
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Success in Written Expression: A Case Study
<p>In order to receive a high school diploma, a student in any Georgia high school must pass the Georgia Basic Skills Test in three areas: Reading, Mathematics, and Writing. The subject of this case study is an eighteen-year-old male student who after four attempts passed the Writing portion of …
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Gender Differences in Written Expression at the Elementary Level
… few studies have examined the area of CBM-Written Expression. A couple of studies indicated there are gender differences on CBM-Written Expression measures. This study sought to determine if gender differences exist at the elementary level and, if so, at what grade level such differences …
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Test-Retest Reliability of Curriculum-Based Measurement Written Expression Probes
… little attention has been devoted to the area of written expression. Very few studies have been conducted to assess test-retest reliability. Only three previous studies were identified that examined the test-retest reliability of written expression curriculum-based measures. To address this issue, …
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Growth Rates of Curriculum-Based Measurement-Written Expression at the Elementary School Level
… for writing using Curriculum-Based Measurement-Written Expression (CBM-WE). Growth rates, or the amount of change over time, help educators track how much progress can be expected given typical instruction. CBM-WE probes were administered to a sample of 1,004 students in first through fifth …
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The Government of Canada’s Second Language Evaluation, Test of Written Expression: Exploring Validity
… of validity within the context of the Test of Written Expression (TWE). The case-study approach combined stakeholder perspectives of three employee-participants and two teacher-participants along with a verbal protocol of a shortened practice test. The findings indicate that there may be …
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An investigation of the written expression of humor by sixth-grade gifted children
… qualitative investigation of the use of humor in written expression of sixth-grade children was conducted with two major questions as focus: 1. Are there identifiable conventions of initiated usage in the types and frequency of humor expression in written work of sixth-grade gifted students? 2. …
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Curriculum Based Measurement-Written Expression: Effects of Choice and Interest on Third Graders’ Writing
… third grade boys and girls on two different CBM-Written Expression probes using production-dependent, productionindependent, and accuracy scores. The results indicate that when no choice is given, girls do score higher than boys. However, when given a choice of story starter topics, boys’ …
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The Development of Curriculum-based Measurement Local Norms in the Area of Written Expression
… Measurement (CBM) in the area of Written Expression to establish district norms for Bowling Green City Schools. CBM uses brief fluency measures as indicators of students' academic performance. With the use of CBM, it is possible to identify students who are considered to be at-risk …
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Effects of Specific Strategy Training on the Written Expression of Learning Disabled Students Grades 3-6
… Learning disabled students acquire or use written language skills less efficiently than nondisabled students. Specific interventions are needed to facilitate written language acquisition for the learning disabled. Procedure. Eighteen learning disabled students in grades three through six …
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Does Speech-To-Text Assistive Technology Improve the Written Expression of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury?
… deficits related to the fine-motor production of written language.</p> <p>This study aimed to compare the effects of handwriting with an assistive technology accommodation on the writing performance of three middle school students with TBIs and writing difficulties. The study utilized an …
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A study of the effect of multisensory writing instruction on the written expression of the dyslexic elementary child
… over a period of thirteen weeks. Project Read Written Expression was the program used for this instruction. Every effort was made to maintain as much consistency in the remedial instruction of these students as was possible. There were, however, variables which could not be eliminated. The …
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A multimodal program of identification and remediation for intermediate students with learning disabilities in the area of written expression
… correctly; (3) those who do not finish their written work; (4) those who make correct verbal responses but incorrect written responses; (5) those who have established a delaying routine of sharpening pencils, losing materials, or making trip to the wastebasket; (6) those who work while the …
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Modeling Elementary Aged Students' Fluency Growth in Written Expression: Predicting Fluency Growth for Girls and Boys in General Education
<p>Research on evidence-based writing intervention practices as well as reliable and valid assessments of elementary-aged students' writing fluency has been lacking compared to other academic areas (i.e., reading). Performance feedback interventions targeting writing fluency are gaining empirical …
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The Effect of a Metalinguistic Approach to Sentence Combining on Written Expression in Eighth Grade Science for Students who Struggle with Literacy
… Students need strong literacy skills, including written expression, to be prepared for employment opportunities in science fields, which currently are being filled by graduates of other industrialized nations, who have a more advanced skill set. This loss of occupational opportunity poses a …
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The Effectiveness of Oral Expression through the use of Continuous Speech Recognition Technology in Supporting the Written Composition of Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities
… as having learning disabilities have deficits in written expression. Existing theory and research indicate that for those individuals oral expression not only precedes, but also exceeds their written expression capabilities. As a result, dictation has been investigated as an accommodation for …
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Native Languages and Differential Dimensionality of English as a Second Language Test Proficiency: An Exploratory Study
… outperformed the other groups on Structure and Written Expression (Section 2) and Vocabulary and Reading (Section 3). Second, high correlations were found between the item difficulty indices of all the native-language pairs. The highest correlations were between the Chinese and the French …
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Understanding the Linguistically Vulnerable: Exploration of Early Literacy Skills of ELL Students in Calgary
… examine certain skills of ELL students, such as written expression. The purpose of this study was to explore contributing factors to ELL students’ writing quality. The present study gathered written samples from ELL students from Western Canadian elementary charter schools. Students’ expressive …
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