Young-Suk Kim|Stephanie Al Otaiba|Jeanne Wanzek|Brandy Gatlin
Toward an understanding of dimensions, predictors, and the gender gap in written composition.
Florida State University|Southern Methodist University|Florida State University|Florida State University
three aims present study 1 examine dimensionality various evaluative approaches scoring writing samples eg quality productivity curriculum based writing cbm 2 investigate unique language cognitive predictors identified dimensions 3 examine gender gap identified dimensions writing questions addressed using data second third grade students n 494 data analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis multilevel modeling results showed writing quality productivity cbm scoring dissociable constructs writing quality cbm scoring highly related r 82 language cognitive predictors differed among writing outcomes boys lower writing scores girls even accounting language reading attention spelling handwriting automaticity rapid automatized naming results discussed light writing evaluation developmental model writing