First graders cannot write, so if a projective measure like the Children Apperception Test is used, it could only be in the way, that the story is written down by the experimenter. The measure should be used from first to fourth grade.
Does anyone have experience in motive measuring in the age from six to ten years? I would be happy for any advice!
My granddaughter Gabrielle is a first-grader strongly motivated to write. Since she could remember, her parents read her books. Now she feels strongly motivated to write books on her own. This past summer, she sat on my lap and wrote her own "book," sentence by sentence, asking me to spell for her the words she did not know how to write. Several weeks ago (in late November), she was still writing "books," but I noticed that her writing vocabulary had increased as well as the coherence of her "books." An objective measure of motivation could consist of comparing the size of reading or writing vocabulary at two or more times during the child´s education. As an educator, I would strongly urge parents to read to their children at the earliest opportunity.
Hi Brady and Nelson,
Brady thanks for your links! I will follow them.
Nelson many thanks also for your story about your daughter! The problem is that I want to measure motives the first time before they will know to write anything. Off course I could ask them to tell me a story like in the Children´s apperception test. But I nether did that. So the question is, whether this would work.
Best, Martin.
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