PMID- 22826363
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130701
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1558-9129 (Electronic)
IS  - 0161-1461 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Jan
TI  - Morphological analysis in context versus isolation: use of a dynamic assessment 
      task with school-age children.
PG  - 32-47
LID - 10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0023) [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The current study investigated the ability of typically developing 
      children in Grades 3 and 5 to use morphological analysis to determine the 
      meanings of derived words with and without context clues. Also of interest was 
      the relation between children's reading practices and their performance in 
      determining the meanings of derived words. METHOD: Children provided definitions 
      for 20 low-frequency derived words that were presented to them in isolation and 
      in context. Responses were scored on a scale of 0 to 5 based on the children's 
      performance on the Dynamic Assessment of Morphological Analysis--Modified 
      (DATMA-M), which was created by the authors. RESULTS: Results indicated a large 
      variability in the children's performance on the DATMA-M. Children in Grade 5 
      achieved significantly higher scores as compared to children in Grade 3. Overall, 
      children performed better in the context condition than the isolation condition. 
      Significant correlations were found for reading frequency and DATMA-M scores. 
      There was no significant difference in performance between the isolation and 
      context conditions after controlling for reading frequency. CONCLUSION: The 
      findings of this study emphasize the need for continued research to enable 
      speech-language pathologists to use assessments such as the DATMA-M to obtain 
      insights into the morphological analytical skills of school-age children.
FAU - Ram, Gayatri
AU  - Ram G
AD  - Ohio University, Athens, USA. gr144007@ohio.edu
FAU - Marinellie, Sally A
AU  - Marinellie SA
FAU - Benigno, Joann
AU  - Benigno J
FAU - McCarthy, John
AU  - McCarthy J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120723
PL  - United States
TA  - Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch
JT  - Language, speech, and hearing services in schools
JID - 0323431
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - *Child Language
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Language Tests
MH  - *Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Vocabulary
EDAT- 2012/07/25 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/03 06:00
CRDT- 2012/07/25 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/07/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0161-1461_2012_11-0023 [pii]
AID - 10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0023) [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2013 Jan;44(1):32-47. doi: 
      10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0023). Epub 2012 Jul 23.