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Download full textDiederich, Paul B. – 1965
The low rate of agreement among readers of College Entrance Examination essays suggested the need to examine the qualities in student writing which caused wide variance in grading. To study this question, 300 homework papers by freshmen at three universities were graded by 60 distinguished readers in six fields. The following factors, by rank,…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, English Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Brigman, S. Leellen; Leiter, Virginia G. – 1979
The quantity and type of writing demands in the undergraduate curriculum, as reported by students enrolled at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University in fall semester of 1977, are investigated. The study is based on reports of students enrolled in 27 class sections of two freshman English courses, Elementary Composition I and Introduction to…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Students
