ERIC Number: EJ1128815
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Feb
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1525-7401
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Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language: A Progress-Monitoring Instrument for Measuring Narrative Discourse Skills
Gillam, Sandra Laing; Gillam, Ronald B.; Fargo, Jamison D.; Olszewski, Abbie; Segura, Hugo
Communication Disorders Quarterly, v38 n2 p96-106 Feb 2017
The purpose of this study was to assess the basic psychometric properties of a progress-monitoring tool designed to measure narrative discourse skills in school-age children with language impairments (LI). A sample of 109 children with LI between the ages of 5 years 7 months and 9 years 9 months completed the "Test of Narrative Language" (TNL). The stories told in response to the alien picture prompt were transcribed and scored according to the TNL manual criteria and the criteria established for scoring the progress-monitoring tool, Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language (MISL). The MISL total score demonstrated acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability, inter-rater reliability, and construct validity for use as a progress-monitoring tool for specific aspects of narrative proficiency. The MISL holds promise as a tool for tracking growth in narrative language proficiency that may be taught as part of an intervention program to support the Common Core Standards related to literacy.
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Language Impairments, Children, Story Telling, Psychometrics, Academic Discourse, Language Tests, Correlation, Interrater Reliability, Reliability, Construct Validity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Special Education Research (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Language Development
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A100063