Young-Suk Kim|Cynthia S. Puranik|Stephanie Al Otaiba
Developmental Trajectories of Writing Skills in First Grade
Florida State University|University of Pittsburgh|Southern Methodist University
examined growth trajectories writing relation childrens socioeconomic status language andor speech impairment growth trajectories first grade children n 304 assessed written composition fall winter spring vocabulary literacy skills fall childrens ses negative effect writing quality productivity children language andor speech impairment lower scores typically developing children quality productivity writing even accounting vocabulary literacy skills students language andor speech impairment lower scores quality organization writing growth rates writing different function childrens ses languagespeech impairment status theoretical practical implications discussed