Steve Graham|Virginia Berninger|Robert D. Abbott
Are Attitudes Toward Writing and Reading Separable Constructs? A Study With Primary Grade Children
Vanderbilt University|University of Washington|University of Washington
study examined whether attitude toward writing unique separable construct attitude toward reading young beginning writers participants 128 firstgrade children 70 girls 58 boys 113 thirdgrade students 57 girls 56 boys individually administered child 24item attitude measure contained 12 items assessing attitude toward writing 12 parallel items reading students also wrote narrative personal event life factor analysis 24item attitude measure provided evidence generally supported contention writing reading attitudes separable constructs young beginning writers yielded 3 factors writing attitude factor 9 items reading attitude factor 9 parallel items attitude literacy interactions others factor containing 4 items 2 items writing 2 parallel items reading obtained validation attitude toward writing separable construct attitude toward reading thirdgrade level writing attitude made unique significant contribution beyond 2 attitude measures prediction 3 measures writing quality length longest correct word sequence firstgrade level none 3 attitude measures predicted students writing performance finally girls positive attitudes concerning reading writing boys