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Covner, Thelma Crockin – 1982
To gain insight into the evaluation of college freshman compositions, a study explored the relationship between the personality type of the instructor and the grades assigned to essays written by freshman composition students. The sample comprised 23 college instructors who answered a short questionnaire, graded the same expository essay, and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Perception
Zajac, Robert J. – 1992
In a study of children's production of narratives written in collaboration with a friend, with an acquaintance (nonfriend), or in an individual performance, a total of 64 fourth graders were asked to write stories over a 2-week period. The study was designed to address two questions: (1) How does the friendship relationship affect stories written…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Friendship
Billingsley, Dena – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of a program for increasing students' abilities to self-assess writing. The targeted population consisted of a class of second-grade students in an upwardly mobile community located in the suburban Chicago area of Arlington Heights, Illinois. The inability to self-assess writing was documented through teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Portfolio Assessment