Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ466440
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Adult Age Differences in the Ability to Write Prose Passages.
Byrd, Mark
Educational Gerontology, v19 n5 p375-96 Jul-Aug 1993
Lexical, syntactic, structural, and semantic analyses were performed on essays written by 100 younger and 100 older adults. Few lexical or syntactic differences appeared. Older adults were less able to use more complex structure and semantics. Educational level and working memory were probably responsible for the differences. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Essays, Memory, Older Adults, Semantics, Writing Difficulties, Writing Skills, Young Adults
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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