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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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An Investigation of Academic Writing in Secondary Schools to Inform the Development of Diagnostic Classroom Assessments
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Llosa, Lorena; Beck, Sarah W.; Zhao, Cecilia Guanfang – Assessing Writing, 2011
Despite the high stakes attached to students' performance on assessments of academic writing, we still know little about the challenges students face when composing in academic contexts. To begin to address this problem, two studies were designed with the following aims: to identify and describe the most prevalent types of academic writing at the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Second Language Learning, Educational Change, English (Second Language)
Voice in High-Stakes L1 Academic Writing Assessment: Implications for L2 Writing Instruction
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Zhao, Cecilia Guanfang; Llosa, Lorena – Assessing Writing, 2008
Despite the debate among writing researchers about its viability as a pedagogical tool in writing instruction [e.g., Helms-Park, R., & Stapleton, P. (2003). "Questioning the importance of individualized voice in undergraduate L2 argumentative writing: An empirical study with pedagogical implications." "Journal of Second Language Writing," 12 (3),…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Second Language Instruction, Writing Tests, Writing Instruction