Table 6.
Percentage of Participants’ Meeting Criterion on Specific Writing Features for Composing Tasks
| Writing Feature Scored | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task | Age Group | Linearity | Segmentation | Simple Characters |
Left-to-Right Orientation |
Complex Characters |
Random Letters |
Invented Spelling |
| Picture Description 1 | 3-year-olds | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| 4-year-olds | 14.4% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 13.6% | 14.0% | 11.5% | 2.0% | |
| 5-year-olds | 16.3% | 17.1% | 17.7% | 15.6% | 17.7% | 14.2% | 3.5% | |
| Picture Description 2 | ||||||||
| 3-year-olds | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 0.0% | |
| 4-year-olds | 15.5% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 2.0% | |
| 5-year-olds | 17.0% | 17.0% | 19.1% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 14.9% | 2.8% | |
| Sentence Retell 1 | ||||||||
| 3-year-olds | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 0.0% | |
| 4-year-olds | 32.0% | 29.0% | 28.5% | 26.5% | 23.5% | 18.0% | 6.0% | |
| 5-year-olds | 29.8% | 29.8% | 30.5% | 30.0% | 29.8% | 24.8% | 6.4% | |
| Sentence Retell 2 | ||||||||
| 3-year-olds | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 3.3% | 6.7% | 3.3% | 0.0% | |
| 4-year-olds | 31.5% | 27.4% | 25.5% | 24.5% | 21.5% | 18.5% | 4.0% | |
| 5-year-olds | 31.2% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 30.5% | 24.1% | 5.7% | |