Top-down measures in 7th grade writing: the effects of genre and SES
Top-down measures in 7th grade writing: the effects of genre and SES
Top-down measures in 7th grade writing: the effects of genre and SES
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7 th <strong>grade</strong>rs (12-13 year olds)<br />
• Poised to take <strong>of</strong>f <strong>in</strong>to adolescence, a time<br />
when many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cognitive, social, <strong>and</strong><br />
l<strong>in</strong>guistic abilities necessary to produce<br />
written texts will be at <strong>the</strong>ir disposal<br />
• The advent <strong>of</strong> powerful (meta)memory <strong>and</strong><br />
executive functions, coupled with <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> how people <strong>and</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
operate <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> vocabulary <strong>and</strong> grammar<br />
necessary to express <strong>the</strong>se relationships<br />
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