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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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The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and the Functions of Writing.
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Maimon, Lia – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2002
Explores the relationship between expectations of success or failure in community college students and the functions of writing. Considers if high, medium, and low self-efficacy writers differ in terms of the range of the possible functions and usage. Reveals a direct correlation between self-efficacy on each of three dimensions. Calls attention…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes
Improving Cross-Cultural Text Revision.
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Maimon, Lia – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2001
Presents a strategy that helps English-as-a-second-language students improve their writing by developing a culturally based self-monitoring strategy that guides them through the revision process. Describes how the students enhance their metacognitive cross-cultural knowledge by comparing various rhetorical patterns and improve their metacognitive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, English (Second Language), Higher Education