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TY - JOUR
T1 - How executive functions predict development in syntactic complexity of narrative writing in the upper elementary grades
AU - Drijbooms, Elise
AU - Groen, Margriet A.
AU - Verhoeven, Ludo
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of transcription skills, oral language skills, and executive functions to growth in narrative writing between fourth and sixth grade. While text length and story content of narratives did not increase with age, syntactic complexity of narratives showed a clear developmental progression. Results from path analyses revealed that later syntactic complexity of narrative writing was, in addition to initial syntactic complexity, predicted by oral grammar, inhibition, and planning. These results are discussed in light of the changes that characterize writing development in the upper elementary grades. More specifically, this study emphasizes the relevance of syntactic complexity as a developmental marker as well as the importance of executive functions for later writing development.
AB - The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of transcription skills, oral language skills, and executive functions to growth in narrative writing between fourth and sixth grade. While text length and story content of narratives did not increase with age, syntactic complexity of narratives showed a clear developmental progression. Results from path analyses revealed that later syntactic complexity of narrative writing was, in addition to initial syntactic complexity, predicted by oral grammar, inhibition, and planning. These results are discussed in light of the changes that characterize writing development in the upper elementary grades. More specifically, this study emphasizes the relevance of syntactic complexity as a developmental marker as well as the importance of executive functions for later writing development.
KW - Executive functions
KW - Narratives
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Syntactic complexity
KW - Writing development
U2 - 10.1007/s11145-016-9670-8
DO - 10.1007/s11145-016-9670-8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 209
EP - 231
JO - Reading and Writing
JF - Reading and Writing
SN - 0922-4777
IS - 1
ER -