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ERIC Number: EJ409696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Effect of Distant Audiences on Students' Writing.
Cohen, Moshe; Riel, Margaret
American Educational Research Journal, v26 n2 p143-59 Sum 1989
Writing quality of 2 seventh grade classes in Jerusalem of 22 students each was compared in 2 audience conditions: (1) to the teacher for grades, and (2) to a distant peer audience to share ideas. Papers written to communicate with peers were rated more highly than those written for grades. (SLD)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Writing Exercises
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel