A comparison group study on the effects of instruction in writing heuristics on the expository writing of E.S.L. students
| Autor: | Strong, Gregory Butler |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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| Popis: | This research addressed two major questions: (1) what effect does instruction in writing heuristics have on the expository writing of E.S.L. students? (2) is one writing heuristic better than another? In an experiment involving 116 twelfth-graders in eight classes, the subjects were randomly assigned within classes to one of three groups. Each of the three groups received ten hours of instruction: two groups in writing heuristics, and a third group which served as an experimental control received instruction in grammar. The study was a pretest/posttest design where essays were administered as the tests. The students' essays were scored for quantity (number of words) and quality. Scores were analyzed in a repeated measures design. The results revealed that there were no significant differences between the three groups on either the quantitative or qualitative measures. Although a review of the literature indicated support for the use of writing heuristics with E.S.L. students, the experimental evidence in this study does not substantiate this view. Education, Faculty of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of Graduate |
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