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ERIC Number: EJ306021
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Nature of the Reading-Writing Relation: An Exploratory Multivariate Analysis.
Shanahan, Timothy
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n3 p466-77 Jun 1984
Multiple reading measures and writing measures were administered to 256 second graders and 251 fifth graders. A canonical correlational analysis, grade level analyses, and cohort analyses for beginning and proficient readers were performed. Reading or writing never explained more than 43 percent of the variance in the opposite test set. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cohort Analysis, Correlation, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Instructional Design, Multivariate Analysis, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reading Writing Relationship
Note: This study is based in part on a doctoral dissertation completed at the College of Education, University of Delaware.