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ERIC Number: EJ492426
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-3829
Writing Apprehension and Test Anxiety in Technical Writing: Extent & Variables.
Smith, Douglas C.; Nelson, Sandra J.
Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, v11 n1 p20-29 Fall 1994
According to data from 144 technical writing students, 16% had writing apprehension and 16% had test anxiety; only 3.5% had both. Gender and age predicted test anxiety but not writing apprehension. Number of composition classes predicted writing apprehension but not test anxiety. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Males, Technical Writing, Test Anxiety, Writing Apprehension
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Achievement Anxiety Test; Writing Apprehension Test (Daly and Miller)