Assessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story development

Assessment is essential for designing individualized educational plans (IEPs) for children. In order to contribute effectively to this process, assessments must be appropriate for the group, show neither floor nor ceiling effects, and help teachers formulate specific aims. Different attempts to deve...

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Үндсэн зохиолчид: Burman, D, Evans, D, Nunes, T, Bell, D
Бусад зохиолчид: British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
Формат: Journal article
Хэл сонгох:English
Хэвлэсэн: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008
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Nunes, T
Bell, D
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description Assessment is essential for designing individualized educational plans (IEPs) for children. In order to contribute effectively to this process, assessments must be appropriate for the group, show neither floor nor ceiling effects, and help teachers formulate specific aims. Different attempts to develop such assessments for the writing of deaf primary school children have shown floor effects. This paper reports the validation of an analytic instrument aimed at assessing deaf primary school children's writing and at contributing to the design of IEPs. Participants (N=167) were deaf children in the age range 6y6m to 13y11m, who were attending special schools or mainstream schools with units for the deaf; orally educated deaf children fully integrated in mainstream schools were not included. The writing samples were elicited by means of a story picture sequence. The dimensions of analysis included 16 items related to aspects of grammar and story development. A single and reliable scale was formed by these items, generating one score with a normal distribution. High inter-judge reliability, high test-retest correlation and a high correlation with reading comprehension were observed. We conclude that the assessment is a useful, reliable and valid instrument for analysis of deaf children's writing.
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spelling oxford-uuid:409cd3ec-0a8a-4b7e-ae9d-a0c275cb4b6f2022-03-26T14:38:54ZAssessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story developmentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:409cd3ec-0a8a-4b7e-ae9d-a0c275cb4b6fEducationEarly and Child learningEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2008Burman, DEvans, DNunes, TBell, DBritish Association of Teachers of the DeafNational Association of Australian Teachers of the DeafAssessment is essential for designing individualized educational plans (IEPs) for children. In order to contribute effectively to this process, assessments must be appropriate for the group, show neither floor nor ceiling effects, and help teachers formulate specific aims. Different attempts to develop such assessments for the writing of deaf primary school children have shown floor effects. This paper reports the validation of an analytic instrument aimed at assessing deaf primary school children's writing and at contributing to the design of IEPs. Participants (N=167) were deaf children in the age range 6y6m to 13y11m, who were attending special schools or mainstream schools with units for the deaf; orally educated deaf children fully integrated in mainstream schools were not included. The writing samples were elicited by means of a story picture sequence. The dimensions of analysis included 16 items related to aspects of grammar and story development. A single and reliable scale was formed by these items, generating one score with a normal distribution. High inter-judge reliability, high test-retest correlation and a high correlation with reading comprehension were observed. We conclude that the assessment is a useful, reliable and valid instrument for analysis of deaf children's writing.
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title Assessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story development
title_full Assessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story development
title_fullStr Assessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story development
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title_short Assessing deaf children's writing in primary school: grammar and story development
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Early and Child learning
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