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Chou, Frank H.; Vaught, Susan A. – 1982
Hypothesizing that students choosing their own topics would produce significantly more writing, a study examined the writing sample length of 42 sixth grade students who had been divided equally into two treatment groups. Treatments were counterbalanced so that during the first writing period students in one group wrote on topics they had selected…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Sentence Structure
Hurlow, Marcia L. – 1981
A study examined the relationship between students' linguistic insecurity (writing apprehension) and writing performance. College students in three remedial and two freshman composition classes were administered a test of linguistic insecurity that included pronunciation items and choices of hypercorrect, colloquial, and nonstandard versions of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
