[article] 
inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-11 (November 2014) . - p.1482-1499

Titre :	Exploring the persuasive writing skills of students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	Heather M. BROWN, Auteur ; Andrew M. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Rachael E. SMYTH, Auteur ; Janis ORAM CARDY, Auteur
Article en page(s) :	p.1482-1499
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Autism spectrum disorder  Written expression  Persuasive writing  Oral language  Weak central coherence  Theory of mind
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Previous studies of students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) have shown great variability in their writing abilities. Most previous studies of students with HFASD have combined individuals with linguistic impairments (HF-ALI) and individuals without linguistic impairments (HF-ALN) into a single group. The current study was the first to compare the persuasive writing of students with HF-ALN with controls, without confounding the effects of language ability and autism on writing achievement, and while considering possible cognitive underpinnings of their writing skills. Twenty-five students with HF-ALN and 22 typically developing controls completed measures of oral language, nonverbal IQ, social responsiveness, theory of mind, integrative processing and persuasive writing. The persuasive texts were coded on 19 variables across six categories: productivity, grammatical complexity, lexical diversity, cohesiveness, writing conventions, and overall quality. The texts were reliably different between groups across measures of productivity, syntactic complexity, lexical complexity and persuasive quality. Specifically, the texts of students with HF-ALN scored lower on overall quality (d = ?0.6 SD), contained shorter and simpler sentences (d = ?1.0), and had less repetition of content words (d = ?0.8 SD). For the HF-ALN group, integrative processing, language ability and age predicted 77% of the variance in persuasive quality.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.07.017
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[article] Exploring the persuasive writing skills of students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Heather M. BROWN, Auteur ; Andrew M. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Rachael E. SMYTH, Auteur ; Janis ORAM CARDY, Auteur . - p.1482-1499.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-11 (November 2014) . - p.1482-1499

Mots-clés :	Autism spectrum disorder  Written expression  Persuasive writing  Oral language  Weak central coherence  Theory of mind
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Previous studies of students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) have shown great variability in their writing abilities. Most previous studies of students with HFASD have combined individuals with linguistic impairments (HF-ALI) and individuals without linguistic impairments (HF-ALN) into a single group. The current study was the first to compare the persuasive writing of students with HF-ALN with controls, without confounding the effects of language ability and autism on writing achievement, and while considering possible cognitive underpinnings of their writing skills. Twenty-five students with HF-ALN and 22 typically developing controls completed measures of oral language, nonverbal IQ, social responsiveness, theory of mind, integrative processing and persuasive writing. The persuasive texts were coded on 19 variables across six categories: productivity, grammatical complexity, lexical diversity, cohesiveness, writing conventions, and overall quality. The texts were reliably different between groups across measures of productivity, syntactic complexity, lexical complexity and persuasive quality. Specifically, the texts of students with HF-ALN scored lower on overall quality (d = ?0.6 SD), contained shorter and simpler sentences (d = ?1.0), and had less repetition of content words (d = ?0.8 SD). For the HF-ALN group, integrative processing, language ability and age predicted 77% of the variance in persuasive quality.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.07.017
Permalink :	https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=241