Control of Morphological Forms in Writing

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCutchen, Deborahen_US
dc.contributor.authorNorthey, Maryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-25T17:54:48Z
dc.date.available2013-07-25T17:54:48Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-25
dc.date.submitted2013en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013en_US
dc.description.abstractMorphological awareness has been found to be related to reading skills, including comprehension, vocabulary, and word-reading. However, not much is known about how morphological awareness might contribute to writing skills beyond spelling. This exploratory study looks at how morphological awareness as measured by total morphological changes made in a sentence combining task is related to performance on an essay task (essay quality), as well as on reading comprehension, for fifth and eighth graders (n = 149). Multiple linear regressions with sequential predictor entry were conducted to test the research questions. Total morphological changes were found to be uniquely predictive of both essay quality and passage comprehension, after accounting for other measures of writing. The results suggest that morphological awareness may be an important skill to learn--not only for reading, but perhaps for writing as well.en_US
dc.embargo.termsNo embargoen_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.otherNorthey_washington_0250O_11957.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/23611
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the individual authors.en_US
dc.subjectMorphological Awareness; Sentence Combining; Writingen_US
dc.subject.otherEducational psychologyen_US
dc.subject.othereducation - seattleen_US
dc.titleControl of Morphological Forms in Writingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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