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ERIC Number: EJ517180
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-7347
The Effects of Task Choice on the Quality of Writing Obtained in a Statewide Assessment.
Gabrielson, Stephen; And Others
Applied Measurement in Education, v8 n4 p273-90 1995
The effects of presenting a choice of writing tasks on the quality of essays produced by eleventh graders were studied with 34,200 students in Georgia. The choice condition had no substantive effect on the quality of essays, but race, gender, and the writing task variable did. (SLD)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools, Selection, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs, Writing Evaluation, Writing Skills, Writing Tests
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Choice Behavior; Georgia
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 4-8, 1994).