Dynamic Assessment of Morphological Awareness and Third-Grade Literacy Success

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine a dynamic assessment with graduated prompts to assess morphological awareness and determine whether such a task was related to third-grade literacy success. Method: A dynamic assessment of morphological awareness was adapted and administered to 54 th...

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Published in:Language, speech & hearing services in schools speech & hearing services in schools, 2015-04, Vol.46 (2), p.112-126
Main Authors: Wolter, Julie A, Pike, Katherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative Assessment
Analysis
Awareness
Child
Child Language
Comprehension
Dynamic assessment
Elementary School Students
Female
Grade 3
Grade 6
Health aspects
Humans
Language
Language Tests
Linguistics
Literacy
Male
Metalinguistics
Morphology
Morphology (Languages)
Norm Referenced Tests
Phonemic Awareness
Phonological Awareness
Reading
Reading comprehension
Skills
Spelling
Students
Studies
Success
Teaching Methods
United Kingdom
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Summary:Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine a dynamic assessment with graduated prompts to assess morphological awareness and determine whether such a task was related to third-grade literacy success. Method: A dynamic assessment of morphological awareness was adapted and administered to 54 third-grade students in addition to a norm-referenced language and literacy battery. Results: A dynamic assessment of morphological awareness measured a range of performance including that of emerging morphological awareness abilities and provided rich linguistic insights for how best to scaffold and prompt for such a skill. In addition, the dynamic morphological awareness measure was found to be significantly related to, and to contribute unique variance to, reading comprehension abilities. Conclusions: These results suggest that morphological awareness is an important factor to consider when addressing students' literacy performance in early elementary school and that dynamic assessment appears to be a clinically valuable tool when examining early morphological awareness abilities.
ISSN:0161-1461
1558-9129
DOI:10.1044/2015_LSHSS-14-0037