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Diagnostic Instrument for Morphology of Elementary Students<\/h1>\n

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About the Project<\/h2>\n

The development of morphological skills is essential to students\u2019 literacy growth and, hence, to a host of positive student education and academic outcomes. Teachers need a tool that can help them assess students\u2019 strengths and weaknesses in these areas so that they can identify underlying challenges to reading success and design instruction accordingly.<\/p>\n

Project DIMES<\/strong> is a study to develop a computer adaptive, diagnostic assessment of teachable morphological skills for students in Grades 3 to 5. Our assessment will help teachers identify certain skills within morphological awareness that can support literacy skills. Also, while Project DIMES is focused on providing teachers with this much needed assessment, the assessment is also intended to fill a large gap in reading research, in which evaluating the effectiveness of reading interventions requires diagnostic assessments such as this one.<\/p>\n

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Project Goals<\/h2>\n

The goals of this project are listed below:
1) To develop a computerized, adaptive, diagnostic instrument of morphological skills for students in grades 3-5, their teachers, and researchers.
2) To conduct, present, and publish research on morphology in upper elementary grades.
3) To conduct, present, and publish research on measurement methodology.<\/p>\n

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Funding<\/h2>\n

The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305A190079 to the University of Florida<\/a>. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n

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Dissemination<\/h2>\n