ERIC Number: ED597796
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Publication Date: 2019-Mar
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Graduate's Writing, Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Possible Solutions
Gernatt, Joshua; Coberly-Holt, Patricia
Adult Higher Education Alliance, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Adult Higher Education Alliance (43rd, Orlando, FL, Mar 7-8, 2019)
Graduate students face writing anxiety and low self-efficacy regarding writing research papers. Holladay (1981) addressed the negative characteristics of anxiety in graduate students by writing: "They are frightened by a demand for writing competency, they fear evaluation of their writing because they think they will be rated negatively, they avoid writing whenever possible, and when they are forced to write, they behave destructively" (as cited in Holmes, Waterbury, Battrinic, & Davis, 2018, p. 66). This chapter identifies several situations and repeating themes associated with writing anxiety, causes of low self-efficacy in research writing, and illustrates positive results from programs offered to assist graduate students in research paper writing. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597786.]
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Anxiety, Self Efficacy, Research Reports, Writing Skills, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation
Adult Higher Education Alliance. P.O. Box 2093, Minneola, FL 34755. Tel: 407-673-3773; e-mail: AHEA.Main.Email@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ahea.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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