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Download full textMcAndrew, Donald A. – 1984
To determine the relationship between handwriting speed and syntactic complexity, a study examined the syntactic features of 60 students enrolled in either a basic writing course or a traditional college composition course. Fast and slow handwriting were identified from highest scores on any one of four writing "tests." The writing…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Handwriting
Collins, James L. – 1982
Writing research has indicated that exophoric reference--features of linguistic texts that refer to the situations that surround language--are more characteristic of weak writing and possibly associated with socioeconomic status. To follow up on such research, writing samples from 114 ninth and eleventh grade students and college freshmen were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Discourse Analysis, High School Students, Higher Education
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1982
A variety of process-oriented writing instruction strategies are presented in this focused journal issue. Article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Central Reference to the Rescue" (Rod Kessler); (2)"Brainstorming: A Heuristic that Works" (Frank C. Cronin); (3) "Brainstorming: A Valuable Supplemental Technique for…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Brainstorming, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis
