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Abdul Gafoor  \nDepartment of Education, University of Calicut, Calicut 673635, Kerala, India [E-mail: gfr.abdul@yahoo.co.in](E-mail: gfr.abdul@yahoo.co.in)  \nKEYWORDS Screening Test. Language Difficulty. Writing Attainment. Spelling. Dictation  \nABSTRACT Design of a screening test for identifying students with writing difficulty in Malayalam and validation thereof among upper primary students of Kerala is made to help schools to understand factors leading to such difficulty and to intervene with such students. A battery of tests was developed based on extant literature on screening tests, reviewed difficulties in writing Malayalam, and discrimination power of the draft tests. 135 students identified as writing difficult and 476 students normal on writing in grade 5 to 7 were identified with clear criteria. Scored by cut-points, the battery of tests comprising tasks on ordering words by vowels or consonants, spelling (identification), choosing signs and glides, combining words correctly (phonology), vocabulary (picture), using appropriate one word (morphology), dictation and story development significantly screen upper primary writing difficult students with around 90percent sensitivity and specificity.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nImportance of students’ ability to communicate through writing during and even after the school yearsneed not be highlighted. If reading is the doorto vistas of knowledge, writing forms the wall that holds the entire edifice of knowledge together. Writing is the medium through which students mainly express their knowledge in and out of school. Naturally, it forms a big part of elementary school curriculum. However, it is one of the most complex and sometimes the most difficult skills among the language skills to teach and learn during primary school years. Learning to write is a complex procedure. Unsurprisingly, many students especially those with difficulties in learning are poor in transmitting their thoughts in logical, orderly or precise writing. Writing skill is the most vulnerable to insult, injury and adverse genetic influences as it is among the last and the most complex language skills to emerge during development (Deuel 1994) . As children progress from primary to secondary school, they are expected to express more through writing. Accordingly, if children fails to develop the basic skills in writing in primary schools, they will be unable to write with the speed and fluency required to excel in later schools. Such difficulties in writing  \nAddress for correspondence: Dr. K. Abdul Gafoor Associate Professor Department of Education University of Calicut  \nCalicut 673 635, Kerala, India E-mail: [gfr.abdul@yahoo.co.in](gfr.abdul@yahoo.co.in)  \nunsettle education and self-esteem of grown up children. Struggling with writing interferes with learning through other modes. Difficulties in writing have an adverse impact on academic achievement in school and subsequently on business and industry (Saltzman 1981) too.  \nSignificance of Screening Tests for Identifying Writing Difficulty  \nReading and writing skills are critical to student success across the curriculum, and they need to be an integral focus to “form a supportive web of related learning”(Langer 2001: 877) . Unfortunately, these realizations ofthe significance of writing to academic and otherwise development of young human beings has not resulted in concomitant importance being given to identification, analysis and understanding the reasons of student difficulties in writing, say, at par with such researches in relation to reading skills. Theory and research on writing development, and on its risk factors and their measurement, are not as strong as those on reading. Moreover, much of the researches available on writing and related ski","cbCaibIGXevJVXw2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibIGXevJVXw2","pdf",1595486,"English","# Introduction\n## Significance of Screening Tests for Identifying Writing Difficulty","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the screening test described in the document?\",\"answer\":\"To identify students with writing difficulty in Malayalam and support schools in understanding factors causing such difficulty and intervening early.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the screening battery developed and validated?\",\"answer\":\"It was developed from existing literature on screening tests, reviewed writing difficulties in Malayalam, and the discrimination power of draft tests, then validated using clear criteria.\"},{\"question\":\"Which task types are included in the screening battery?\",\"answer\":\"The battery includes ordering words by vowels or consonants, spelling identification, choosing signs and glides, combining words correctly, picture-based vocabulary, appropriate one-word use, dictation, and story development.\"}]","Tests Screening Writing Difficulty in Malayalam among Upper Primary Students | PDF",1790762858,25]