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ERIC Number: EJ540335
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Better Revision in Eight Minutes? Prompting First-Year College Writers To Revise Globally.
Wallace, David L.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v88 n4 p682-88 Dec 1996
Two experiments examined the relation between revision and task definition for 108 college freshmen in entry-level and basic writing courses. Results suggest that the prompt to revise globally may be helpful for improvement of entry-level college students' work but not for basic-level students. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Competence, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Revision (Written Composition), Writing (Composition), Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Writing Prompts
Note: Research supported in part by a grant from the Spencer Foundation.