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Mann, Rebecca – 1988
In response to growing concern about the lack of basic writing skills, this paper presents an overview of the issues involved in selecting a method for the assessment of students' writing skills. After general criteria for determining the appropriateness of a writing evaluation procedure are outlined, the merits and limitations of objective tests…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation
Harris, Carol E. – 1986
A study examined whether self-evaluation of writing should precede peer evaluation, and explored effective strategies for peer evaluation of writing. Seventy-six advanced placement English students in a Raleigh, North Carolina, high school were divided into experimental and control groups. The control group participated in peer evaluation of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
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Allen, Sheilah – English Quarterly, 1983
Reports on the application of six criteria to determine writing ability among secondary school students. Offers suggestions for instructing a class of students with wide variations in writing skill. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Secondary Education
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Caulk, Nat – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
In a study of peer response activities in second-language writing, two questions were investigated: whether students give good advice to their peers and what differences exist between student and teacher comments. Examination of 30 papers from 3 writing classes suggests that teacher and peer responses serve important and complementary functions.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Peer Evaluation
Crowhurst, Marion – 1983
A study examined the revisions made in expressive and persuasive compositions by 14 good and 14 average writers in grades 5, 7, and 11 to determine if grade- or ability-related differences occurred in the quality and kinds of revisions made and if revisions differed for the two types of compositions. Students wrote compositions one day and revised…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Lewis, Dorothy P. – 1983
A study was conducted to examine the effects of students' interests on their writing. A group of 571 high school seniors, fluent and nonfluent in writing, completed a questionnaire dealing with aspects of writing interest, such as subject, form, or voice. Tape recorded interviews addressing the same aspects were conducted with 11 fluent seniors…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Females, Grade 12
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Belanger, Joe; Martin, R. Glenn – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Four experimental reading-treatment classes (n=94) and four control classes (n=100) wrote pre- and post-compositions which were evaluated for overall quality, syntactic density, T-unit length, productivity, and selected grammatical errors. Analysis of results found significant differences in reading skills but no differences in writing skills. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Grade 10, Grade 9
Hall, Dean G. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Argues that comparing standard English usage to systems of standardization students are familiar with from their technical training forces technical writing students to understand the need for consistent signaling in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other language conventions. Includes an example from early American literature written in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Meehan, Anita M. – 1992
In an attempt to make grading a less arduous, and more accurate, objective task, a checklist of criteria was utilized to grade psychology term papers at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The method appeared to generate more feedback and lead to greater consistency, as well as a better understanding among students of the grade received. In order…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Grades (Scholastic)
Boss, Roberta S. – 1988
A study was conducted at the University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) in the Fall 1985 15-week semester to test the effects of advanced knowledge of grading criteria on students' writing skills and attitudes in a Freshman Composition class. A holistic grading scale, which was distributed to students as a checklist for revising writing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
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Hinkel, Eli – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
Considering the complicating effect of cultural differences in writing conventions, this study examines discourse tradition as influenced by Confucian/Taoist precepts and those of U.S. academic environments, the latter requiring rational argumentation, justification, and proof. Pedagogical implications of native-speaker and nonnative-speaker…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Cultural Context
Pavlisin, Peggy Irene – 1983
Designed to use recent research on revision activities and personal error analysis, a classroom study compared grades on papers written by students with and without specific instruction and practice in revising and proofreading techniques. Detailed statistical analyses of two writing assignments revealed no significant difference in grade…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
Russikoff, Karen A. – 1994
Problems inherent in the holistic scoring of essay examinations written by limited-English-speakers are examined, particularly in the context of one California state college in which English writing skills, holistically assessed, are required for graduation. These problems include lack of interrater reliability, raters' perceptions of their role,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis