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School-Age Children's Self-Assessment of Oral Narrative Production

Joan N. Kaderavek

University of Toledo, joan.kaderavek{at}utoledo.edu

Ronald B. Gillam

University of Texas

Teresa A. Ukrainetz

University of Wyoming

Laura M. Justice

University of Virginia

Sarita N. Eisenberg

Montclair State University

This study examined aspects of self-assessment, a metacognitive ability, and oral narrative production in 401 children between 5 and 12 years of age. Oral narrative production was evaluated through the administration of the Test of Narrative Language (TNL). Self-assessment of narrative performance was determined by asking children to self-evaluate their ability to "tell a good story" by pointing to one of five pictures from a "very happy face" (rating of 5) to a "very sad face" (rating of 1). Analysis of the data demonstrated that (a) older children (≥ 10 years of age) were more accurate than younger children in their ability to self-evaluate narrative performance; (b) there was a significant difference in narrative production skills between children who rated themselves as poor performers (self-rating of 1 or 2) and children who were high self-raters (≥ 3); (c) narrative self-evaluation varied in relation to gender, with males tending to more frequently overestimate their narrative ability; and (d) children with poor narrative ability were more likely to overestimate the quality of their narrative production than good narrators were. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, 37-48 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/15257401040260010401
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