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INFERENCING SKILLS OF THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS

Wagner, Megan Marks
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1145568487

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2006, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Inferencing skills are considered an important component in academic development because it allows students to use prior knowledge of a subject to help them learn and understand subjects. The purpose of this study was to determine patterns of third, fourth and fifth grade students’ inferencing skills. Forty-seven school children from a school district in Southwestern Ohio participated in this investigation. Each participant was administered four passages, two fiction and two non-fiction. Students were categorized by their logical thinking skills, clue selection, and inferential abilities. Responses were transcribed and evaluated independently by the primary investigator and a certified speech-language pathologist. Results indicated that students’ logical thinking and clue selection abilities were collectively significant in predicting the inferential abilities of children 8.0 through 11.0 years. Students’ present grade level and reading level were also significant in predicting students’ inferential abilities.
Kathleen Hutchinson (Advisor)
91 p.
inferencing abilities; inferencing skills

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  • Wagner, M. M. (2006). INFERENCING SKILLS OF THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1145568487

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wagner, Megan. INFERENCING SKILLS OF THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. 2006. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1145568487.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wagner, Megan. "INFERENCING SKILLS OF THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1145568487

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