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Johnson, Susan; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1994
Proposes that writers evaluate works in progress guided by their internal standards. Finds that writing samples from students whose judgments of good writing matched those of their readers were rated significantly higher than the writing of students whose judgments disagreed. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Standards, Writing Evaluation, Writing Processes

McCutchen, Deborah – Discourse Processes, 1987
Describes a psycholinguistic investigation of children's competence in the production of extended discourse, concentrating on discourse form (narrative versus expository) and production modality (written versus spoken). (SKC)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Expository Writing

Michaels, Sarah – Discourse Processes, 1987
Illustrates an approach to the study of writing that integrates ethnographic analysis of classroom interaction with linguistic analysis of written texts and teacher/student conversational exchanges, using a case study of writing in a sixth grade classroom during a writing assignment. (MM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades