Functional Composition Strategies in Texts Written by Polish- and English-Speaking Children

• Published in: The Journal of social psychology Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 285 - 287
• Main Author: Luczynski, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.1991; Heldref; Clark University Press; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child development; Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Developmental psychology; Developmental Stages; Differences; Educational Research; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; English; Foreign Countries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grade 5; Grade 8; Indexing in process; Intellectual Development; Language; Piaget (Jean); Poland; Polish; Psychological Studies; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social Psychology; Student Development; Student Evaluation; Text Analysis; Writing Ability; Writing Processes; Poland; Human; Crosscultural study; Europe; Cognition; Text; Hand writing; School age; Linguistic analysis; Adolescent; Poland; Strategy; Intellectual ability; Child
• ISSN: 0022-4545; 1940-1183
• DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1991.9713850

Examines whether differences in the functional strategies of texts written by English-speaking children of concrete and low formal operations levels of intelligence also exist in texts written by Polish-speaking children. Studies fifth and eighth grade elementary school children. Concludes that formal operational subjects were better able to integrate lower order text units. (NL)