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Download full textGlynn, Shawn M.; And Others – 1982
Two experiments were conducted to assess the influences of two individual variables--verbal aptitude and writing apprehension--on the production of persuasive arguments by college students. Subjects were 47 college students who wrote preliminary and final drafts of persuasive letters. Results of both experiments revealed that the students' verbal…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Persuasive Discourse, Verbal Ability
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
Based on recent findings in writing research, this document offers the following recommendations on how teachers can improve the writing skills of their students: (1) spend time on activities that require real writing rather than short answers and fill-in-the-blank exercises; (2) have students spend more time putting their thoughts on paper in a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises, Writing Improvement
Peer reviewedCarlman, Nancy – English Quarterly, 1986
Analyzes score differences for the papers of 50 students who wrote on four different writing topics, two that were on transactional and two that were on expressive topics. Results suggested that differences between scores might be very important for individuals, so to insure fairness, teachers should use additional forms of writing assessment. (DF)
Descriptors: Grade 12, Secondary Education, Testing, Writing Evaluation
Peer reviewedHillocks, George, Jr. – College English, 1982
Proposes three basic strategies of inquiry essential to good writing and reports the results of studies on these strategies. (JL)
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Higher Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Hurd, Rhynette N. – 1985
One hundred seventy-nine students enrolled in a first-year college level composition course were subjects in a study of the effects of four levels of audience specification on writing anxiety, performance, and sensitivity to audience. Subjects completed the Writing Apprehension Test, which determined levels of writing apprehension, and then…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Performance Factors
Schwab, Gweneth B. – 1982
Some composition teachers believe that students may write more competently in subject matter courses than in writing courses. That is, the constraints of writing for a class or assignment in which the composition skills will be evaluated may prevent students from writing their best. With this in mind, a study was conducted to determine whether…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedEaston, Lois Brown – English Journal, 1982
Applies educational research on the composing process to the writing of junior high school students. Explains how tapes were used to create a new unit aimed at correcting student writing weaknesses. (JL)
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Junior High Schools, Research Utilization, Writing Exercises
Peer reviewedDolan, Lawrence; Caroselli, Marlene – Research in the Teaching of English, 1982
Reports on the development of a home intervention strategy at the secondary school level to improve students' writing abilities. (HOD)
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship, Secondary Education
McAndrew, 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
Whale, Kathleen B. – 1985
Extending an earlier Donald Graves study by including students over seven years of age, this study identified relationships among the nature of writing tasks assigned by teachers and the written responses of elementary school students to those tasks. One class each at the third, fifth, and seventh grade levels provided eighteen sets of writing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Processing, Student Reaction, Writing Exercises
Peer reviewedButtery, Thomas J.; Reitzammer, Ann F. – Reading Improvement, 1987
Analyzes the creative writing of 94 second-grade children in a suburban elementary school, comparing boys' and girls' creative writings when the composition was elicited from realistic fiction, fantasy, and fantasy in conjunction with stuffed animals and wind-up toys. Also examines the combined creativity of boys' and girls' compositions and the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Females, Grade 2
Bradley, Brenda – Highway One, 1986
Recounts observations of a second grader's writing processes and concludes that students' enjoyment of writing should be cultivated. (DF)
Descriptors: Primary Education, Student Attitudes, Writing Exercises, Writing Improvement
Jackson, Rex – 1985
A study assessed the effects of the Mason program (a supplementary language arts program in which expository writing is introduced) on writing skills, such as writing mechanics, expression, and related thinking skills. These skills were measured by standardized tests and by actual writing performance. Subjects, approximately 400 second grade…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Pomper, Marlene M. – 1987
Through an original analysis of letters written by 8 students at 4 grade levels (grades 7 through 13), this paper shows the relationship between individual affective and cognitive development and social awareness. Specifically, their relationships are shown by analyzing the writer, the text, and the instructor. Results indicate that seventh grade…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Willig, Judith B. – 1985
A practicum provided 10th- grade students in 2 English honors classes with direct instruction in sentence combining. The goal of the program was to increase the syntactic complexity of student writing, to have students express more in each sentence. Instruction was approached from different aspects. The students worked with two textbooks on…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Grammar, High Schools, Sentence Combining
