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SCSD PhD student Denisha Campbell recently got a paper published in the Journal of Communication Disorders Campbell’s paper, "An Examination of 3rd and 5th Grade Students’ Use of Dialect Specific Forms During a Written Editing Task", was based on her master’s thesis and further examined the patterns of dialect in both 3rd and 5th grade students in their writing as well as during their oral production. “My study found that despite there not being any major difference in the amount of dialect 3rd and 5th graders use, 5th grade students are significantly better at identifying dialect in written works and then editing those works so that they’re in the general American English dialect,” said Campbell “This is important as we consider assessment protocols for linguistically diverse kiddos as they should include a written component.”