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ERIC Number: EJ484332
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Text Revision: Detection and Correction of Errors.
Hacker, Douglas J.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v86 n1 p65-78 Mar 1994
In two experiments involving 195 high school students, independent measures of detection and correction of grammar, spelling, and meaning errors in text were examined. With the exception of spelling errors, knowledge of how to correct an error was necessary but not sufficient for detection. (SLD)
Descriptors: Editing, Grammar, High School Students, High Schools, Knowledge Level, Spelling, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Error Detection; Meaningfulness; Text Review