Deborah McCutchen|Sara Stull
Morphological awareness and children’s writing: accuracy, error, and invention
University of Washington|Seattle University|University of Washington|Seattle University
study examined relationship childrens morphological awareness ability produce accurate morphological derivations writing fifthgrade us students n 175 completed two writing tasks invited required morphological manipulation words examined accuracy error specifically errors spelling errors sort termed morphological inventions entailed inappropriate novel pairings stems suffixes regressions used determine relationship morphological awareness morphological accuracy spelling accuracy well morphological awareness morphological inventions linear regressions revealed morphological awareness uniquely predicted childrens generation accurate morphological derivations regardless whether accurate spelling required logistic regression indicated morphological awareness also uniquely predictive morphological invention higher morphological awareness increasing probability morphological invention findings suggest morphological knowledge may assist children spelling writing may also assist word production via generative experimentation morphological rules sentence generation implications discussed development childrens morphological knowledge relationships writing