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ERIC Number: EJ476875
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Effects of Introductions and Conclusions in Assessment of Student Essays.
Townsend, Michael A. R.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v85 n4 p670-78 Dec 1993
To study the effects of introductions and conclusions on the evaluation of student essays, 154 undergraduates graded 10 essays in which the quality of introduction or conclusion was varied. Quality of the introduction had a greater effect on the grade than did quality of the conclusion. (SLD)
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Student Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Writing Evaluation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conclusions; Introductions