Properties of the narrative scoring scheme using narrative retells in young school-age children.
| Autor: | Heilmann J; East Carolina University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA. heilmannj@ecu.edu, Miller JF, Nockerts A, Dunaway C |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of speech-language pathology [Am J Speech Lang Pathol] 2010 May; Vol. 19 (2), pp. 154-66. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Dec 14. |
| DOI: | 10.1044/1058-0360(2009/08-0024) |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: To evaluate the clinical utility of the narrative scoring scheme (NSS) as an index of narrative macrostructure for young school-age children. Method: Oral retells of a wordless picture book were elicited from 129 typically developing children, ages 5-7. A series of correlations and hierarchical regression equations were completed using microstructural measures of vocabulary and grammar to predict NSS scores. Results: While the NSS was significantly correlated with age and each of the microstructural measures, the hierarchical regression analyses revealed a unique relationship between vocabulary and narrative macrostructure. Conclusion: The NSS is an efficient and informative tool for documenting children's development of narrative macrostructure. The relationship between the NSS and microstructural measures demonstrates that it is a robust measure of children's overall oral narrative competence and a powerful tool for clinicians and researchers. The unique relationship between lexical diversity and the NSS confirmed that a special relationship exists between vocabulary and narrative organization skills in young school-age children. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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