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Cognitive and motivational challenges in writing : studying the relation with writing performance across students' gender and achievement level

Fien De Smedt (UGent) , Emmelien Merchie (UGent) , Mariska Barendse (UGent) , Yves Rosseel (UGent) , Jessie De Naeghel and Hilde Van Keer (UGent)
(2018) READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY. 53(2). p.249-272
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In the past, several assessment reports on writing repeatedly showed that elementary school students do not develop the essential writing skills to be successful in school. In this respect, prior research has pointed to the fact that cognitive and motivational challenges are at the root of the rather basic level of elementary students' writing performance. Additionally, previous research has revealed gender and achievement-level differences in elementary students' writing. In view of providing effective writing instruction for all students to overcome writing difficulties, the present study provides more in-depth insight into (a) how cognitive and motivational challenges mediate and correlate with students' writing performance and (b) whether and how these relations vary for boys and girls and for writers of different achievement levels. In the present study, 1,577 fifth- and sixth-grade students completed questionnaires regarding their writing self-efficacy, writing motivation, and writing strategies. In addition, half of the students completed two writing tests, respectively focusing on the informational or narrative text genre. Based on multiple group structural equation modeling (MG-SEM), we put forward two models: a MG-SEM model for boys and girls and a MG-SEM model for low, average, and high achievers. The results underline the importance of studying writing models for different groups of students in order to gain more refined insight into the complex interplay between motivational and cognitive challenges related to students' writing performance.
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Assessment, Criterion referenced, Motivation, engagement, Extrinsic, Interest, Intrinsic, Self-efficacy, Research methodology, Scientific, Survey, Strategies, methods, and materials, Informational text, Writing strategies, Struggling learners, Achievement gap, Self-perception, self-concept, Theoretical perspectives, Gender issues, sexual orientation, Sociocognitive, Writing, Genres, Writing process, Childhood, Early adolescence, COVARIANCE STRUCTURE-ANALYSIS, ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL-CHILDREN, SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY, PRIMARY GRADE CHILDREN, COMPLEX SAMPLE DATA, LEARNING-DISABILITIES, ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT, WRITTEN EXPRESSION, 3RD-GRADE STUDENTS, EFFICACY BELIEFS

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De Smedt, Fien, et al. “Cognitive and Motivational Challenges in Writing : Studying the Relation with Writing Performance across Students’ Gender and Achievement Level.” READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY, vol. 53, no. 2, 2018, pp. 249–72, doi:10.1002/rrq.193.
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De Smedt, F., Merchie, E., Barendse, M., Rosseel, Y., De Naeghel, J., & Van Keer, H. (2018). Cognitive and motivational challenges in writing : studying the relation with writing performance across students’ gender and achievement level. READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 53(2), 249–272. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.193
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De Smedt, Fien, Emmelien Merchie, Mariska Barendse, Yves Rosseel, Jessie De Naeghel, and Hilde Van Keer. 2018. “Cognitive and Motivational Challenges in Writing : Studying the Relation with Writing Performance across Students’ Gender and Achievement Level.” READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 53 (2): 249–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.193.
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De Smedt, Fien, Emmelien Merchie, Mariska Barendse, Yves Rosseel, Jessie De Naeghel, and Hilde Van Keer. 2018. “Cognitive and Motivational Challenges in Writing : Studying the Relation with Writing Performance across Students’ Gender and Achievement Level.” READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 53 (2): 249–272. doi:10.1002/rrq.193.
Vancouver
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De Smedt F, Merchie E, Barendse M, Rosseel Y, De Naeghel J, Van Keer H. Cognitive and motivational challenges in writing : studying the relation with writing performance across students’ gender and achievement level. READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY. 2018;53(2):249–72.
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F. De Smedt, E. Merchie, M. Barendse, Y. Rosseel, J. De Naeghel, and H. Van Keer, “Cognitive and motivational challenges in writing : studying the relation with writing performance across students’ gender and achievement level,” READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 249–272, 2018.
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